PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dezz Nuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harri Olli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nuts comes into the arena with Black Gloves blaring out of the sound system. Dezz Nuts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nuts
vs
Olli

189 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
197 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dezz Nuts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harri Olli!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olli scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harri Olli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Olli shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nuts napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Olli controls the position.
Olli working away.
Olli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nuts keeps working.
Olli looking to control but instead Nuts has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Olli wants to control but Nuts is keeping him busy.
Olli is stalling here. Nuts is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Olli seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nuts has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olli wants to control but Nuts postures up.

Nuts stands up and beckons Olli to his feet.
Nuts throws a leg kick that misses.
Nuts misses with a straight right.
Nuts moves in looking to clinch but Olli pushes him off.
Olli works Nuts's body with a nice hook.
Nuts fails to land with a series of punches.
Olli looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nuts is fending him off so far but Olli persists. Nope, Nuts circles away and we're back to standing.
Nuts avoids the body shot from Olli.

Olli clinches up with Nuts and pushes him back against the cage.
Nuts misses with a body punch.
Olli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nuts lands with a light punch inside.
Olli tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olli avoiding damage as Nuts throws knees to the body.
Olli looking for a takedown.
Dezz Nuts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harri Olli.
Nuts is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Olli looks gassed!
Still in the clinch, Nuts scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Nuts.
Nuts landing knees to the body.
Nuts with a knee to the head.
Olli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olli is trying to maintain a safe position but Nuts gets an underhook and turns Olli into the cage.
Nuts lands an elbow that stopped Olli in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Nuts.
A nice left hand lands by Nuts.
Nuts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nuts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Nuts.
Nuts tries a knee to the head but Olli blocks it.
Olli jumps guard but Nuts stands there with Olli around his waist. Olli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nuts throws an elbow but it misses.
Nuts lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nuts gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Olli.
Nuts lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nuts is leaning against Olli and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuts lands a body shot.
Nuts working Olli over with knees to the body.
Nuts scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nuts is working Olli over against the cage.
Olli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nuts lands a nice shot to the body.
Olli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nuts misses with a knee to the head.
Nuts gets through Olli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Olli wants a takedown but no success here.
Olli avoiding damage as Nuts throws knees to the body.
Nuts is pressed up against the cage. Olli has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nuts down to the mat. Nuts avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Olli shoots in looking for a takedown. Nuts tries to sprawl out of it but Olli keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nuts manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Olli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Olli wants to clinch but Nuts slips to the side
and Nuts counters with a series of strikes. Olli will be more careful next time no doubt.
A big left from Nuts misses.
Nuts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olli digs a good body shot into Nuts's ribs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Olli.
Olli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuts.
Nuts slaps away a takedown attempt from Olli, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Nuts drives through and clinches with Olli against the cage.
Nuts cracks Olli with a nice body shot.
Nuts scores with a nice hook to the head.
Olli takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Nuts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nuts lands a left hand.
Nuts lands a shot to the body.
Nuts with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nuts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nuts lands an elbow just above Olli 's eye.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A frustrated look appears on Olli's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nuts with a knee to the head.
Nuts unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Olli manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dezz Nuts dominated that round.
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.

Nuts tries to clinch but Olli is having none of it.
Olli shoots and misses
and Nuts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nuts scores with a jab.
Nuts tries to clinch up but Olli circles away and keeps his distance.
Nuts looks to land a combination but Olli avoids it well.
Olli throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nuts misses with a head kick.
Olli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nuts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Olli bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nuts is not content to let Olli control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olli tries to advance position but instead Nuts slips a leg back in to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olli prevents Nuts from improving his position.
Olli working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Nuts's thigh. Nuts counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Nuts keeping full guard, as Olli tries to pass.
Olli's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Olli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nuts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olli thows a big elbow that misses.
Olli sitting in guard here, content to control.
Olli tries to free his leg and advance position but Nuts is retaining full guard.
Olli is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nuts managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Olli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nuts has time to react.
Olli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olli ducks under a wild hook from Nuts.
Nuts tries to clinch there but Olli circles away.
Nuts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olli throws a leg kick that misses.
Olli throws a big shot that misses.
Nuts dodges the punch combination from Olli.
Olli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nuts counters with a solid body kick.
Olli throws a nice looking combination but Nuts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nuts circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olli throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nuts counters with an inside leg kick.

Nuts instigates a clinch.
Olli tries a body shot but Nuts blocks it.
Nuts tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olli avoids it.
Dezz Nuts has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nuts landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Nuts.
Olli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nuts lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nuts throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nuts keeps control of Olli as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nuts lands a good knee to the midsection. Olli won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nuts obliges.
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!
Nuts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olli blocks a body shot from Nuts.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olli's brow.
Olli wants a takedown but no success here.
Nuts lands a knee to the head.
Olli avoiding damage as Nuts throws knees to the body.
Olli is trying to force a seperation but Nuts has the dominant position.
Olli avoids a wild elbow strike from Nuts.
Olli drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nuts gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dezz Nuts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harri Olli.
A short left from Nuts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dezz Nuts dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Olli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nuts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olli cracks Nuts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the body from Olli misses

and Nuts counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right from Nuts on the inside.
Nuts looking to throw knees to the head but Olli is blocking nicely.
Olli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olli tries to land knees in the clinch but Nuts avoids the damage to the body.
Olli avoids the elbow strike from Nuts, against the cage.
Nuts prevents the takedown attempt.
Nuts lands a body punch in the clinch.
Olli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nuts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Olli is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nuts is keeping busy.
A right hook to the body lands for Nuts.
Nuts lands with a light punch inside.
Nuts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nuts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nuts lands a nice shot to the body.

Olli wants the takedown. Nuts is fighting it off but Olli persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Nuts's guard against the cage.
Olli trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olli throws and elbow that misses. Nuts uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Olli's guard. Nice move by Nuts!
Nuts stopping the sweep attempt from Olli.
Nuts wants to get up but he can't break Olli's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Olli is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Olli throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Olli is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Olli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nuts wants to stand but Olli is controlling his posture from full guard.
Olli manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Olli throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olli lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Olli thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Olli working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Olli misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Olli trying to control but Nuts is having none of it.
Nuts is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Harri Olli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Olli is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Olli!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Harri Olli!