PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney has chosen Pulp Fiction theme song as his entrance music. Duke Toney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Olsen
vs
Toney

200 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
24
240 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Olsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Toney!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsen slaps away a takedown attempt from Toney, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Toney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsen stuffs the takedown.
Olsen tries to bum rush Toney with a series of wild strikes but Toney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toney wants to clinch.
Toney shoots in for a double leg but Olsen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thomas Olsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Toney.

Toney decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Toney looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Toney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Toney is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Olsen defends it well.
Toney has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney is trying to control. Olsen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Toney is working for a submission of some sort.
Toney prevents Olsen from standing back up.

Toney is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Olsen moves in looking to clinch but Toney pushes him off.
Olsen lands a slapping body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Toney. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Toney.

It looks like Thomas Olsen has been cut.
Toney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Olsen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomas Olsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toney looks gassed!
Horrible takedown by Toney or perhaps it was just good defense by Olsen which made him look bad.
Thomas Olsen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Olsen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Toney is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Olsen.
Toney dodges the punch combination from Olsen.
Olsen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Toney looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Olsen misses with a body kick.
Olsen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Olsen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olsen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Toney takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Olsen clinches with his opponent.
Olsen is trying to break the clinch but Toney is controlling him.
Olsen lands a shot to the body.
Olsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Toney has double underhooks.
Toney is working for takedown but Olsen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Olsen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Olsen as the two fighters clinch.

Olsen breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Olsen lands a glancing blow to the side of Toney's head.
Toney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Olsen is looking to wear down Toney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Olsen lands a slapping body shot.
Olsen looks to land a combination but Toney avoids it well.
Olsen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Olsen lands a two punch combo.
Olsen misses with a two punch combination.
Olsen lands with a nice body punch.
Olsen looks to clinch

and Toney counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toney working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Toney throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Toney controls the position from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Toney tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Olsen keeps working.
Olsen tries to improve position but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Olsen seems a little lost for a moment, as Toney dominates the positioning.
Toney lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Olsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Olsen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Olsen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toney.
Olsen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Olsen digs a good hook to Toney's body.

Toney throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Olsen was covering up waiting for the punch and Toney finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Olsen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Toney tries to free his leg and advance position but Olsen is retaining full guard.
Olsen is looking to stand up but Toney isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Toney cracks Olsen with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney advances position into side control!
Toney scores with punches from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Toney is putting a hurting on Olsen here, landing some big shots from side control.

Toney looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The strikes coming from Toney are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen dodges the ground and pound from Toney.
Olsen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Olsen can't do much from the bottom here.
Toney cracks Olsen with a big elbow.

Toney tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Toney has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Toney is trying to get an arm triangle but Olsen is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Toney tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Toney cracks Olsen with a big elbow.
Toney is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Toney landing a few strikes.

Toney working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Toney is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Olsen's shoulder. That is not cool.
Toney trying to control the position but Olsen is working away.
Toney throws a strike aimed at the side of Olsen's head but Olsen avoids it well.

Toney looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Toney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thomas Olsen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Olsen lands a right hook to the body.

Toney decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Toney not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Olsen is defending against the submission attempts here by Toney.

Toney wants to work for an arm triangle but Olsen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Toney stops Olsen from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Toney lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Toney is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Toney is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Olsen sees it coming and defends easily.
Olsen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Toney on the ground.

Toney is working for a submission of some sort.
Duke Toney has got the better of the ground game so far.
Toney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Olsen defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Toney is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Olsen wants to get back to his feet.
Toney lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Toney looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Olsen is trying to stand up here but Toney is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toney is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Olsen sees it coming and defends easily.

Toney is trying to work for a kimura but Olsen is defending well.
Toney is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Toney seems to be working for a kimura but Olsen defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is staying active underneath Toney, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Toney is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Toney is keen to just control but Olsen is a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Toney is working for a submission of some sort.
Toney wants to free his trapped foot but Olsen is holding on for dear life with his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Toney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Toney has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Toney!