PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samir Mourani (ranked 3444 p4p, 369 weight class) and Lawrence Albert Connor (ranked 24263 p4p, 546 weight class). Albert Connor has chosen MVP Theme song as his entrance music. Samir Mourani has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mourani
vs
Albert Connor

180 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
191 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Mourani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lawrence Albert Connor!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mourani misses with a looping right.
Albert Connor slips a jab and a cross from Mourani.
Albert Connor throws a head kick that misses.
Albert Connor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Albert Connor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Mourani shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mourani showed some decent athleticism there.
Albert Connor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mourani. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice strikes from Mourani there.
Mourani is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mourani working the head and body with strikes.
Albert Connor looks like he's trying to stand up.
Albert Connor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mourani landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mourani looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mourani lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourani is nestled in close to Albert Connor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mourani is nestled in close to Albert Connor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mourani winds up and cracks Albert Connor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mourani has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mourani perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mourani seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Albert Connor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Albert Connor pushes Mourani off looking to stand but Mourani dives back in and keeps control.
Mourani is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mourani lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Albert Connor is refusing to be controlled, as Mourani sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mourani in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mourani is nestled in close to Albert Connor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Albert Connor is not content to let Mourani control the position.
Albert Connor is trying to stand.
Mourani seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mourani slips a nice elbow through Albert Connor's hands, connecting with Albert Connor's forehead.
Still in half guard, Mourani seems content to control.
Albert Connor scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Mourani manages to mount him!
Mourani punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mourani controlling the pace for now.
Mourani landing shots from mount.
Mourani lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mourani lands a big shot there that rocks Albert Connor but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mourani scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've been hearing that Mourani has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Albert Connor is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mourani with shots to the head and body - Albert Connor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mourani content just to control the position here.
Mourani fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mourani lands a couple of good shots and Albert Connor has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Albert Connor covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Mourani landing with strikes.
Mourani softening up his opponent with strikes here.

Albert Connor is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albert Connor is trying to stand back up.
Mourani biding his time, looking for the opening.
Mourani scores with punches and elbows.
Mourani controlling from the back.
Mourani is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Mourani gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Mourani gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Mourani apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Albert Connor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Albert Connor shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Albert Connor misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samir Mourani dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mourani misses with the combination.
Mourani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mourani misses with a wild combination.

Mourani feints and as Albert Connor raises his hands in defense, Mourani changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mourani trying to control but Albert Connor is working from the bottom.
Mourani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Albert Connor can do to turn this around?
Mourani content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mourani working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Albert Connor's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourani scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Albert Connor has momentary wrist control but Mourani slips an elbow through the middle.
Mourani sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mourani tries to free his leg and advance position but Albert Connor is retaining full guard.
Mourani scoring with punches to the head and body.
Albert Connor wants to get back to his feet but Mourani passes into half guard.
Mourani is keen to just control but Albert Connor is a slippery customer.
Albert Connor tries to kick Mourani off but Mourani keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mourani lands strikes from half guard.
Mourani performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mourani working Albert Connor over with strikes.
Mourani drops an elbow to the side of Albert Connor's head.
Mourani looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Albert Connor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Mourani there.
Mourani is controlling the pace.
Mourani working Albert Connor over with strikes.
Mourani working Albert Connor over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Mourani there.
Mourani 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert Connor is refusing to be controlled, as Mourani sits in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mourani lands a nice short elbow.
Albert Connor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mourani scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mourani trying to control the action but Albert Connor is working from the bottom.
Mourani frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mourani cracks Albert Connor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mourani working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mourani dominating with strikes here.
Mourani raining down shots from the mount!
Mourani breaks from Albert Connor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Albert Connor is still in real trouble! Can Mourani finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mourani is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mourani breaks from Albert Connor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Albert Connor wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Mourani connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A big strike lands for Mourani! That's really hurt Albert Connor and he's turned his back - Mourani keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Mourani jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samir Mourani!
Lawrence Albert Connor was interviewed post fight and said 'This fighter, Stalker Frank W. Jameson of MI gives Death Threat to me, Lawrence A. Connor of VA. '.