PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Concrete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klas Ondahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klas Ondahl will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Concrete
vs
Ondahl

180 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
197 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition
BioPharm Nutrition

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Concrete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Klas Ondahl!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ondahl takes a swing at Concrete's ribcage but misses.
Ondahl will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Concrete slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Concrete digs a good hook to Ondahl's body.
Ondahl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Concrete.
Ondahl moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Ondahl 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Concrete lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ondahl changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Concrete tries to avoid it but Ondahl manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Concrete to the ground. Concrete escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The crowd cheers as Concrete lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ondahl doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ondahl slips a jab and a cross from Concrete.
Concrete rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ondahl moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ondahl tries to clinch up

and Concrete counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ondahl trying to control the position here.
Ondahl keeping moving, preventing Concrete from controlling successfully.
Ondahl tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Concrete pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ondahl is keeping the position for now.
Ondahl is trying to keep Concrete in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jack Concrete.
Ondahl's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Concrete connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ondahl scrambles back to his feet.

Ondahl shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ondahl thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Concrete's head.
Concrete wants to improve his position but Ondahl is controlling well.

Concrete is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ondahl pulls his head out easily.
Concrete slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ondahl avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Concrete has Ondahl pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl looking to pass the guard.
Concrete not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ondahl looking to pass the guard.
Concrete is adopting a defensive guard.
Ondahl looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ondahl wants to control from the top but Concrete keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Concrete swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ondahl.
Jack Concrete seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concrete dives in and grabs Ondahl's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ondahl pushes down on Concrete's head and hops out.
Concrete clobbers Ondahl with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Concrete comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ondahl swinging wildly here.
Concrete keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Concrete stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Concrete wants it to stay on the feet.
Jack Concrete has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klas Ondahl.
Ondahl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Concrete manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Concrete moves away from the strike by Ondahl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Concrete dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Concrete displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ondahl.
Ondahl shoots in looking for a takedown. Concrete tries to sprawl out of it but Ondahl keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Concrete manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Concrete scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ondahl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Concrete paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ondahl wants to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Concrete as Ondahl shoots in.
Jack Concrete has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klas Ondahl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concrete scores with a punch to the head.
Ondahl showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Concrete.
Concrete uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ondahl.
Concrete lands a slapping body shot.
Ondahl misses with a hook. Concrete ducked under it nicely.
Concrete lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ondahl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Concrete lands with a hook. Ondahl tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Concrete uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ondahl takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concrete bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Concrete.
Ondahl slips a jab from Concrete.
Concrete misses with a double jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Concrete goes for a takedown attempt but Ondahl pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ondahl takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ondahl thumps Concrete with a low kick.
A combination from Concrete does no damage.
Concrete works Ondahl's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Concrete finds it's way through Ondahl's defenses.
Concrete lands with a nice combination. Ondahl backs away looking to recover.
Concrete circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ondahl on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ondahl fails with the takedown.
Concrete uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concrete thows a body shot but no joy.
Klas Ondahl is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ondahl takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ondahl ducks right into an uppercut from Concrete.
Ondahl throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Jack Concrete has been cut.
Ondahl shoots in looking for a takedown but Concrete manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ondahl's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Concrete displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ondahl.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Concrete throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ondahl stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slow jab from Concrete misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Concrete dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Concrete's cut.
That's time! Concrete's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Concrete scores with a four punch combination!
Concrete lands with a right hand.
Concrete 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.
Concrete throws the left hand but Ondahl avoids the punch easily.
Concrete keeps the fight on the outside.
Ondahl has a takedown stuffed.
Ondahl misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ondahl on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ondahl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Concrete.
Concrete lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondahl takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Concrete uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Concrete lands with a right hand.
Ondahl is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Ondahl is rocked!
Ondahl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ondahl is still on wobbly legs! Can Concrete finish him?
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Concrete.
A swing and a miss from Concrete.
Ondahl seems to have recovered his senses.
Ondahl loads up on a big right hand but Concrete slips the punch.
Concrete swings away with a body shot that misses

and Ondahl holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Concrete lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ondahl or not.
Concrete is stalling here.
Concrete looking for a takedown.
Concrete is looking to control Ondahl's arms but Ondahl gets an underhook and turns him. Now Concrete has his back to the cage.
Concrete lands with a light punch inside.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Ondahl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ondahl softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Concrete wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concrete holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ondahl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Concrete has him pressed against the cage.
Concrete has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ondahl is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Concrete lands a takedown into guard.
Concrete is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ondahl keeping moving, preventing Concrete from controlling successfully.
Ondahl is trying to hold Concrete in close to prevent damage but Concrete has managed to pass into half guard.
Klas Ondahl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concrete looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Concrete wants to control but Ondahl is keeping him busy.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Ondahl is defending against the submission attempts here by Concrete.
Concrete is looking to advance position but Ondahl won't allow it.
Jack Concrete is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Concrete blocks the strikes from Ondahl.
Concrete has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Concrete showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Concrete has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Concrete!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jack Concrete thanked BioPharm Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).