PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Bolleke (ranked 92 p4p, 508 weight class) and Sparky Anderson (ranked 12 p4p, 68 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bolleke might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RGP - DANG DIGGI BANG. Anderson has chosen Pick up man as his entrance music. Oscar Bolleke could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sparky Anderson's chin.

Bolleke
vs
Anderson

195 cm
29
190
13 - 2 - 0

190 cm
28
180
24 - 13 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Bolleke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bolleke on the side of the head.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Bolleke avoids them all with ease.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Anderson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bolleke lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Bolleke.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Anderson slows down the pace here.
Anderson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Bolleke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Bolleke can't fight it off and eventually Anderson manages to take the fight to the floor. Bolleke looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Bolleke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bolleke looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Anderson passes into side control.
Anderson is looking to take a break and control but Bolleke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anderson controls the position.
Bolleke is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bolleke is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bolleke is trying to get back to half guard.
Anderson controlling from side mount.
Bolleke is not content to let Anderson control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bolleke haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bolleke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Anderson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bolleke is not content to let Anderson control the position.
Bolleke regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bolleke manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Anderson passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke tries to bench press Anderson off him but Anderson keeps the position.
Bolleke is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Anderson off and has taken his back!
Bolleke is not going to allow Anderson to sit and survive in this position.
Anderson tries to escape the position.
Anderson trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Anderson manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Anderson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Anderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bolleke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sparky Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No luck for Bolleke with that takedown attempt.
Sparky Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Bolleke saw that one coming.
Bolleke connects with a crisp jab.
Bolleke looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bolleke lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Bolleke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bolleke with a hook.
Bolleke scores with a punch to the head.

Anderson is rocked!
Bolleke throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bolleke finish him?
Bolleke connects with a body shot.
Bolleke slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Bolleke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson lands with a straight right. Bolleke didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolleke.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt - Bolleke sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Bolleke on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bolleke misses with an uppercut.
Bolleke avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Bolleke shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Anderson but Anderson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bolleke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands a high kick!

Oooooh!!! Bolleke has knocked Anderson down with a huge combo! Bolleke steps away and waves a wobbly Anderson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bolleke misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Bolleke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson swings for the body but Bolleke moves out of range.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson lands a jab to the head.
Bolleke takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Bolleke throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Bolleke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bolleke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolleke throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Bolleke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bolleke throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolleke.
Bolleke misses with a straight left.

Bolleke tries to keep at a distance but Anderson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bolleke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Bolleke.
Bolleke throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson stalls.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bolleke.
Bolleke lands with a right to the head.
Anderson has Bolleke pressed against the cage, preventing Bolleke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anderson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bolleke walks away with a smile on his face. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bolleke jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Bolleke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolleke cracks Anderson with an open hand slap.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Bolleke to counter with a crisp jab.
Bolleke throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Bolleke dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bolleke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bolleke scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anderson in his tracks.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolleke scores with a body shot.

Bolleke sends Anderson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bolleke is motioning to the referee to let Anderson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolleke takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Bolleke.
Bolleke missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bolleke slips a jab from Anderson.
Bolleke misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Anderson tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Bolleke circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Bolleke misses the target.
It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bolleke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oscar Bolleke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bolleke. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bolleke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolleke.
As Bolleke backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Bolleke manages to avoid it all.
Bolleke scores with a nice strike.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Bolleke moves out of range.
Oscar Bolleke is winning the standup battle so far.
Bolleke cracks Anderson with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Anderson falls to his knees and Bolleke doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Bolleke!
Oscar Bolleke retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Oscar Bolleke thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.