PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Olewen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesus Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Olewen
vs
Santos

175 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

TFP GRAPHICS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyle Olewen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus Santos!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olewen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Olewen is out of range.

Santos gets caught flat footed, as Olewen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Olewen prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olewen thows a big elbow that misses.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Olewen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Santos wants to stand but Olewen is controlling the position.

Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Olewen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Olewen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santos lands a two punch combo.

Olewen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Olewen 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.
Olewen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olewen tries to pass to full mount but Santos defends it.
Santos is staying active underneath Olewen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Olewen works his foot free and advances to mount.
Santos tries to hold on but Olewen pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Olewen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Olewen lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Olewen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Santos is trying to stand.
Santos looks gassed!
Olewen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Santos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Olewen landing strikes from the mount.

Santos is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Olewen.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Olewen finish him?
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Olewen is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Santos can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Santos tries to hold on but Olewen pushes him away.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Santos tries to buck Olewen off but he can't manage it.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos tries to hold on but Olewen postures up.
Santos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Olewen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olewen lands a big elbow.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olewen lands with some strikes.
Olewen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
You get the feeling that Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Olewen working Santos over with strikes here.
Olewen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Olewen trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Olewen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Olewen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Olewen lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Santos tries to hold on but Olewen pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Olewen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Santos tries to hold on but Olewen postures up.
Santos can't escape the position.
Santos is trying to stand.
Olewen lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Santos wants to control but Olewen is having none of it.
Olewen lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Olewen with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santos trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Olewen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Olewen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Olewen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos tries to kick Olewen off but Olewen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Olewen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Olewen is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Santos holds on and takes a little breather.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Olewen won't allow Santos to get back to his feet.

Santos has his feet on Olewen's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Olewen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Olewen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olewen drops an elbow to the side of Santos's head.
Santos is trying to escape back to his feet but Olewen uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Olewen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Santos down.
Olewen prevents Santos from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Santos is trying to stand.
Olewen trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.
Santos is looking to escape.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Olewen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Olewen landing with the ground and pound.
Olewen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Olewen landing some decent shots from guard.
Olewen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Olewen working some strikes from top position.
Santos has momentary wrist control but Olewen slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos keeping full guard, as Olewen tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olewen is working hard here to advance position.
Olewen is in close to Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kyle Olewen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Olewen pushes down on Santos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santos is staying active underneath Olewen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Olewen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Olewen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos pushes Olewen off looking to stand but Olewen dives back in and keeps control.
Olewen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos is trying to stand up here but Olewen is controlling him well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Olewen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Santos sizes up Olewen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Olewen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olewen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
Santos lands a jab to the nose.
Santos stalks Olewen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Olewen's face. Olewen staggers backwards, shaken.
Santos looks to land a combination. Olewen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Olewen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santos to score with a decent uppercut.
Olewen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot lands for Santos.
Olewen throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Olewen shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Olewen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Olewen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santos's guard.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Olewen from controlling successfully.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Olewen is having none of it.
Olewen trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Olewen is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olewen trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Olewen is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Olewen shoots in and bounces Santos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Olewen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Santos wants to stand up but Olewen is controlling him.

Santos scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos lands with an uppercut that bounces Olewen off the cage and back into rage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kyle Olewen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Olewen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos lunges at Olewen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Olewen's hand.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kyle Olewen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Santos throws a one two combo.

Olewen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Olewen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Santos wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Olewen is now in half guard.
Olewen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos is trying to stand back up but Olewen is controlling him
Olewen wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
Olewen lands with a punch from half guard.
Olewen prevents Santos from standing back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Olewen or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Olewen walks into a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santos throws a one two combo.

Olewen is rocked!
Santos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Olewen has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Olewen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Olewen has double underhooks.

Olewen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Olewen seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Olewen's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olewen looking for a sweep. Not yet Olewen, not yet.

Santos stands up from Olewen's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.

Olewen has managed to clinch.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Olewen won't allow it.

Olewen manages to break the clinch.
Olewen takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Olewen clinches with his opponent.

Olewen is trying to trip Santos. He has hold of a leg but Santos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Olewen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olewen prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.

Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santos lands with a hook. Olewen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Olewen has taken the fight into the clinch.

Olewen gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Santos wants to stand but Olewen is controlling the position.
Santos is trying to keep Olewen in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to stand up but Olewen is controlling him.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jesus Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Olewen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Olewen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Olewen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donk. Santos catches Olewen right on the button with a cross.
Jesus Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Olewen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Olewen lands in his opponent's guard.
Olewen working some strikes from top position.
Olewen pushes down on Santos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santos is looking to get back to is feet but Olewen passes into side control.
Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Olewen postures up.
Santos is trying to buck Olewen off.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Olewen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos tries to kick Olewen off in order to stand up. Olewen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet here but Olewen is keeping cool and he's managed to take Santos's back.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Olewen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Olewen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Olewen!