PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olivier D Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Searlas Faolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

D Athos
vs
Faolan

174 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olivier D Athos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Searlas Faolan!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faolan misses with a takedown attempt
and D Athos counters with a nice uppercut.
D Athos scores with a head kick.

D Athos instigates a clinch.
Faolan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice elbow from D Athos .
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. D Athos obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from D Athos fails to land.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
D Athos tries to clinch there but Faolan circles away.
Faolan with a poor takedown

and D Athos counters by moving into the clinch.
Faolan looks gassed!
D Athos just leaning against Faolan, taking a breather.
Faolan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faolan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and D Athos counters with a head kick. That will keep Faolan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Olivier D Athos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Searlas Faolan.

D Athos has closed the distance and engaged Faolan in a clinch.
D Athos prevents Faolan from breaking the clinch.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
D Athos scores with a kick to the midsection.

D Athos takes the fight into the clinch.
Faolan is trying desperately to land a takedown but D Athos is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Faolan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Athos stalls.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
D Athos is looking to clinch.
D Athos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Faolan with a poor takedown
and D Athos counters with a thumping low kick.
Faolan misses with a takedown attempt

and D Athos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by D Athos .
D Athos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
D Athos slowing the pace effectively.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Faolan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Faolan working hard to break the clinch.

D Athos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

D Athos has closed the distance and engaged Faolan in a clinch.

D Athos 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
D Athos doesn't manage to clinch there - Faolan circles away.
Faolan has his takedown stuffed
and D Athos counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

D Athos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
D Athos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

D Athos manages to break the clinch.
D Athos misses with the combination.
Faolan blocks a head kick by D Athos .
D Athos stuns Faolan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
D Athos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olivier D Athos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Faolan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by D Athos .

Faolan gets tackled into the cage by D Athos . D Athos maintains the clinch.
D Athos controlling the action here for a moment.
Faolan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

D Athos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
D Athos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
D Athos lands an elbow inside that Faolan shrugs off.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faolan tries for a takedown but D Athos circles away easily
and D Athos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faolan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

D Athos moves into the clinch.
Faolan takes a knee right on the jaw!
D Athos could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

D Athos manages to break the clinch.
D Athos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Faolan has his takedown stuffed
and D Athos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
D Athos scores with a punch to the head.
A right-left combo lands from D Athos .
Faolan has his takedown stuffed

and D Athos counters by clinching up.

D Athos breaks from the clinch.
Faolan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faolan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and D Athos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Faolan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
D Athos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faolan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
D Athos effectively controlling the action here.
D Athos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Faolan tries to land a knee to the head but D Athos blocks with his arms.
D Athos lands a good knee to the midsection. Faolan won't want to take too many of those.

D Athos breaks from the clinch.
D Athos misses with a double jab.
D Athos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
D Athos leaves Faolan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D Athos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for D Athos to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier D Athos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Faolan misses with a takedown attempt
and D Athos counters with a low kick, right behind Faolan 's knee.
Faolan fails with the takedown

and D Athos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
D Athos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
D Athos lands an elbow just above Faolan 's eye.

D Athos breaks from the clinch.
D Athos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faolan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from D Athos misses the target.
A head kick from D Athos lands but Faolan takes it in his stride.
Faolan misses with a takedown attempt
and D Athos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Olivier D Athos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Searlas Faolan.

D Athos moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Faolan.
D Athos scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
D Athos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from D Athos .

Faolan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
D Athos misses with a head kick.
Olivier D Athos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Faolan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has D Athos pinned against the cage. D Athos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Faolan with a lazy takedown attempt
and D Athos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faolan fails with the takedown
and D Athos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Faolan really felt that one!
D Athos tries to clinch but Faolan moves away

so Faolan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
D Athos controls Faolan momentarily but Faolan frees himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Faolan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
D Athos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Faolan manages to get himself to full guard.

D Athos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

D Athos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Faolan dives on top into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Athos controls Faolan momentarily but Faolan frees himself.
Faolan pushing down on D Athos 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
D Athos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Faolan is working away from the top position though.
D Athos is controlling Faolan's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Athos wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Faolan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
D Athos is looking to improve his position.
Faolan not doing much here.

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

Searlas Faolan has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
D Athos throws an elbow that misses.
D Athos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faolan can do to turn this around?
Faolan wants to break free but D Athos has control.
Faolan landing knees to the body.
Faolan slows down the pace here.
D Athos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Faolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Faolan scores a nice knee to the body.
Faolan landing knees to the head.
Faolan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Faolan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
D Athos tries to land a knee to the head but Faolan blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Faolan breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Searlas Faolan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Faolan shoots in looking for a takedown but D Athos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Faolan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Faolan dodges the punch combination from D Athos .

D Athos gets a clinch.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
D Athos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faolan with a lazy takedown attempt
and D Athos counters with a good, hard body kick but Faolan shrugs it off.
D Athos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Faolan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Faolan misses with a takedown
and D Athos counters with a low kick, right behind Faolan 's knee.
Olivier D Athos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Searlas Faolan.
D Athos takes a swing at Faolan's ribcage but misses.
Faolan avoids the head kick by D Athos .
D Athos scores with a head kick. Faolan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
D Athos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faolan shoots and misses
and D Athos counters with a solid body kick.
D Athos keeps Faolan at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
D Athos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Athos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Faolan tries for a takedown but D Athos circles away easily
and D Athos counters with a leg kick.
Olivier D Athos is winning the standup battle so far.
Faolan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Faolan shoots in looking for a takedown but D Athos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Faolan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Faolan tries for a takedown but D Athos circles away easily

and D Athos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Faolan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and D Athos avoids it.
Olivier D Athos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
D Athos with a knee to the head.
Faolan lands an elbow that stopped D Athos in his tracks for a moment.

D Athos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Faolan swats away the attempt to clinch by D Athos .
Faolan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and D Athos counters with a leg kick.
D Athos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Faolan.

Faolan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Athos wants to sweep here but Faolan controlling him for the moment.
D Athos controls Faolan momentarily but Faolan frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
D Athos keeping moving, preventing Faolan from controlling successfully.
D Athos is adopting a defensive guard.
D Athos keeping moving, preventing Faolan from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Searlas Faolan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Faolan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and D Athos counters with a thumping low kick.

D Athos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
D Athos crunches a lovely knee into Faolan's ribcage.
D Athos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Faolan trying to control the position but instead, D Athos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Faolan into the cage.
D Athos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faolan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from D Athos .
Faolan wants to stall.
D Athos is struggling to control the position.
D Athos lands a nice elbow.
D Athos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

D Athos manages to break the clinch.
D Athos pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Faolan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. D Athos sprawls well initially but Faolan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Faolan controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faolan is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Faolan trying to control but D Athos is having none of it.

Faolan goes for an armbar but D Athos turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from D Athos .
D Athos trying to control the position from guard on top but Faolan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olivier D Athos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think D Athos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olivier D Athos !