PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Bolten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Law
vs
Bolten

175 cm
30
180 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

188 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Bolten!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bolten has Law up against the cage in a clinch.
Bolten lands a knee to the body.

Law manages to break the clinch.
Bolten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Law.
Bolten lands with a kick to the temple. Law shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Johnny Law has been cut.
Bolten misses with a head kick.
Bolten displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Law throws out the jab.
Bolten gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bolten instigates a clinch.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but Law blocks it.
Law wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Law has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bolten prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bolten misses with a knee strike.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Law managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Law has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Law wants a takedown but no success here.
Law is breathing heavily.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Law.
Bolten with a knee to the head.
Law wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Bolten.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Law lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bolten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Law in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bolten lands a nice knee to the body.
Bolten lands a knee to the head.
Bolten scores with a knee to the head.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Law is rocked!
Bolten lands a knee to the body.
Oh Law is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bolten landing knees to the head.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Law lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Bolten.
Law seems to have got his legs back now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Law takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bolten with a knee to the head.
Bolten lands a knee to the head.
Law is trying to break the clinch but Bolten is controlling him.
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bolten crunches a lovely knee into Law's ribcage.
Bolten landing knees to the body.
Law takes a knee to the side of the body.
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten with a knee to the head.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Law wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bolten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Law is looking to break free of the clinch but Bolten has double underhooks.
Bolten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Law blocks it with crossed arms.
Law lands a right hand.
Law lands a shot to the body.
Bolten lands a knee to the head.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Law.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bolten.
Bolten gets underhooks to prevent Law's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolten lands a good knee to the midsection. Law won't want to take too many of those.
Law goes for a takedown attempt but Bolten pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Bolten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bolten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
Knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Law tries to stall but Bolten uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bolten lands a good knee to the midsection. Law won't want to take too many of those.
Bolten crunches a lovely knee into Law's ribcage.
Bolten lands a good knee to the midsection. Law won't want to take too many of those.
Bolten lands a knee to the head.
Bolten working Law over with knees to the body.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bolten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolten lands a good knee to the midsection. Law won't want to take too many of those.
Law has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bolten lands a knee to the body.
Law is trying to drag Bolten to the mat but Bolten just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
A frustrated look appears on Law's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Bolten.
Law misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bolten has Law pressed against the cage, preventing Law from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Law.
Bolten landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
Bolten lands a knee to the body.
Bolten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bolten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Law wants to break free but Bolten has control.
Bolten stops a takedown attempt from Law.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Law can't break the clinch.
Bolten connects with a knee to the head.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Law lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Law takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bolten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Law blocks it with crossed arms.
Bolten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Law wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bolten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bolten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Law's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bolten takes the fight into the clinch.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Law takes a knee to the side of the body.
Law tries to break the clinch but Bolten is controlling the position.
Bolten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Law tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Law is trying to force a seperation but Bolten has the dominant position.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Law lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Law working hard to break the clinch.
Law tries to circle away but Bolten has him pinned against the cage.
Bolten lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bolten.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bolten crunches a lovely knee into Law's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Law in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Law is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Bolten.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Law is trying to push Bolten away but Bolten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Bolten landing knees to the body.
Law blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Law drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Law misses with a punch on the inside.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Law tries to score a body lock takedown but Bolten shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bolten lands a knee to the body.
Bolten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Law in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Law takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bolten crunches a lovely knee into Law's ribcage.
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but Law blocks with his arms.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but Law blocks it.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.
Joey Bolten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Law is trying to push Bolten away but Bolten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Law wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Law holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Law avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Law has had enough of the clinch but Bolten keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Law wants to break the clinch but can't.
Law wants to break free but Bolten has control.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Law avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Law's efforts to push away.

Bolten is fighting off a takedown attempt but Law is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Bolten to the mat. Bolten regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

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

Law is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bolten looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolten trying to control the position.

Bolten is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bolten really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Law. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bolten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Law.
Law with a nice head shot there.
Bolten keeping moving, preventing Law from controlling successfully.

Bolten escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Law gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bolten has momentary wrist control but Law slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Law sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bolten's guard.

Law is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Law is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bolten doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Law.

Bolten looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Law passes to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Law working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bolten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Law's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Law avoids the head kick by Bolten.

Bolten forces Law back against the cage and clinches.
Law blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Law is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bolten pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bolten landing knees to the head.
Bolten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Law has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Law lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten misses with a knee to the head.
Law looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Law misses with a body punch.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bolten scores a nice knee to the body.
Bolten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolten landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
Bolten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bolten misses with a knee strike.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Law can't break the clinch.
Law softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bolten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Law's efforts to push away.
Law misses with a punch to the body.
Law wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Law avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Law.
Law is trying to break free.
Bolten misses with a knee strike.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Law is defending well for now.

Law pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bolten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Law misses with a straight right.
Law lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bolten throws a head kick but Law moves out of range.
Law avoids the head kick by Bolten.
Bolten keeps Law at a distance using the push kick.
Bolten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Joey Bolten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Law swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolten.
Bolten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Law blocks the body kick.
Law tries to bum rush Bolten with a series of wild strikes but Bolten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Bolten.
Law misses with an uppercut.
Law looks to land a left hand but Bolten moved out of range nicely.
Law blocks a head kick by Bolten.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Law swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bolten moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Law's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Law takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bolten landing knees to the head.
Bolten misses with a knee strike.
Bolten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but Law blocks with his arms.
Law is trying to push Bolten away but Bolten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Law fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolten working Law over with knees to the body.
Law looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Law avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Law tries to break the clinch but Bolten is controlling the position.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but Law blocks with his arms.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Law drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bolten gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bolten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Law wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolten won't allow it.
Law drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bolten pulls his leg out and moves away.
Law fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bolten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Law throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Law tries to keep at a distance but Bolten has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Bolten.
Law has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bolten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Law's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Law wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolten won't allow it.
Law fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bolten scores with a knee to the head.
Johnny Law has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joey Bolten is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Law wants to break free but Bolten has control.
Bolten scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Bolten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bolten winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Bolten!