PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Olve Eikemo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faoa Sunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eikemo comes to the cage accompanied by Unholy Forces Of Evil. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Eikemo
vs
Sunia

181 cm
19
149 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
158 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Powerful

Hell's Balls Nutrition
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Olve Eikemo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Faoa Sunia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eikemo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sunia misses with a body kick.
Eikemo is looking to clinch.

Sunia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Eikemo working a defensive guard here.
Sunia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Eikemo's head.

Sunia postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Eikemo is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sunia, into his guard.
Sunia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Sunia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Sunia working for a triangle but Eikemo defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eikemo tries to free his leg and advance position but Sunia is retaining full guard.
Eikemo is working hard here to advance position.

Sunia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sunia trying to control the position here.
Eikemo advances to half guard.

Eikemo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Eikemo trying to control the action but Sunia is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sunia trying to control from the bottom.

Eikemo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sunia doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Eikemo.
Sunia moves into full guard.
Sunia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Eikemo!
Sunia thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eikemo is squirming around, avoiding Sunia's attempts to control the action.
Sunia lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Eikemo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Eikemo is trying desperately to improve position.
Sunia controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunia throws some wild stikes that Eikemo manages to avoid easily.
Sunia prevents Eikemo from getting the reversal.
Sunia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sunia thowing shots but they're missing.
Eikemo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Sunia.
Eikemo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faoa Sunia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sunia fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Eikemo sprawls well initially but Sunia persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sunia passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sunia with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Olve Eikemo has been cut.
Sunia raining down shots from the mount!
Sunia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Eikemo is looking to escape.
Eikemo is looking to improve his position but Sunia isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia breaks from Eikemo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sunia looking to finish Eikemo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Eikemo!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sunia thowing shots but they're missing.
Sunia looking to finish Eikemo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Eikemo!

Eikemo is rocked!
Sunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eikemo?
Sunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eikemo?
Oh Eikemo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eikemo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sunia on the ground.
Eikemo tries to hold on but Sunia postures up.
Eikemo seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunia controlling from the full mount.
Sunia dominating with strikes here.

Sunia goes for an armbar but Eikemo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Eikemo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eikemo wants to control from the top but Sunia keeps moving.
Sunia has Eikemo pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eikemo passes Sunia's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Faoa Sunia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sunia works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sunia is breathing heavily.
Eikemo won't allow Sunia to sweep him here.
Eikemo wants to control from the top but Sunia keeps moving.
Eikemo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Eikemo trying to control but Sunia is working from the bottom.
Eikemo wants to pass the guard but Sunia is keeping the position.
Sunia trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Eikemo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sunia swivels though and keeps the full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eikemo tries a head kick but it misses.
Sunia avoids the head kick by Eikemo.
Eikemo throws a wild body kick that Sunia sees coming a mile off.
Sunia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sunia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sunia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eikemo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sunia swats away the attempt to clinch by Eikemo.
Eikemo thows a body shot but no joy.
Sunia loads up on a big right hand but Eikemo slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faoa Sunia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Olve Eikemo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sunia misses with an uppercut. Eikemo saw that one coming.
Eikemo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olve Eikemo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eikemo throws a head kick but Sunia moves out of range.

Sunia shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sunia was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Sunia working for a submission but Eikemo is keeping him at bay.
Sunia prevents Eikemo from getting the reversal.
Sunia looking to ground and pound but Eikemo is blocking nicely.
Sunia lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Eikemo looks a forlorn figure.
Sunia looking to control but Eikemo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sunia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
BOOM! Sunia connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Poor strikes thrown by Sunia there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sunia working the ground and pound effectively.
Eikemo wants to hold on but Sunia pushes him away.
Eikemo is bucking up trying to escape but Sunia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunia throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Eikemo because Sunia loaded up on that one.
Sunia punching from mount but Eikemo doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Sunia goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Eikemo turns into him and now he's in Sunia's guard.
Sunia throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Eikemo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sunia tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Eikemo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sunia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Eikemo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunia throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sunia misses with a head shot.
Sunia dominating with strikes here.
Sunia scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sunia throwing strikes here but Eikemo is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Sunia goes for an armbar but Eikemo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Eikemo.
Sunia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Eikemo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunia keeping moving, preventing Eikemo from controlling successfully.
Sunia looking to control.
Sunia keeping moving, preventing Eikemo from controlling successfully.
Eikemo is really struggling to control Sunia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Faoa Sunia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eikemo wants to pass the guard but Sunia is keeping the position.
Olve Eikemo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sunia holds on and takes a little breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
Faoa Sunia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sunia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Faoa Sunia!