PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiesiek Kolano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiesiek Kolano will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dean
vs
Kolano

168 cm
18
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Dean!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wiesiek Kolano!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolano changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dean tries to avoid it but Kolano manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dean to the ground. Dean escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kolano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dean as he avoids it easily.
Kolano fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dean avoids it really well and circles away.
Jimmy Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wiesiek Kolano.

Kolano has closed the distance and engaged Dean in a clinch.

Dean lands a takedown into guard.
Kolano controls Dean momentarily but Dean frees himself.
Dean with a nice head shot there.
Dean with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dean throwing strikes but missing.
Dean postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dean pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kolano is keeping the position for now.
Dean scoring with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolano trying to control the position.
Kolano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kolano is looking for a triangle but Dean pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kolano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dean makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dean with a nice head shot there.
Dean working some strikes from top position.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean cracks Kolano with a solid left hand.
Kolano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kolano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dean.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kolano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dean working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kolano's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dean cracks Kolano with a solid left hand.
Dean postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dean working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dean lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kolano keeping full guard, as Dean tries to pass.
Kolano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dean lands a couple of elbows.
Kolano looking to control.
Dean postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kolano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kolano is trying to control the position but Dean postures up.
Dean scoring with some ground and pound.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dean landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dean scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
Kolano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dean prevents Kolano from getting back to his feet.
Dean has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dean postures up and lands a big shot to Kolano's brow.
Dean working some strikes from top position.
Dean postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kolano controls Dean momentarily but Dean frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean throwing strikes but missing.
Dean working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dean trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dean won't allow Kolano to sweep him here.
Kolano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Kolano has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dean can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kolano looks gassed!
Dean working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dean lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean wants to control from the top but Kolano keeps moving.

Dean avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kolano has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dean dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dean dives in and scores a takedown into Kolano's guard.
Dean throws a big elbow that misses.
Kolano manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dean manages to get himself to full guard.
Kolano trying to control but Dean is working from the bottom.
Kolano preventing the sweep.
Dean manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kolano manages to get himself to full guard.
Kolano 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.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kolano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kolano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dean throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dean postures up and lands a big shot to Kolano's brow.
Dean wants to control from the top but Kolano keeps moving.
Dean missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kolano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
Kolano throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kolano has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.
Dean lands a couple of digs.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dean loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dean throwing strikes but missing.
Dean scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean throwing strikes from guard but Kolano blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dean accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dean knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kolano on the ground.
Kolano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wiesiek Kolano was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A punch combination from Kolano misses.
Kolano is breathing heavily.

Kolano gets caught napping as Dean dives in and scores a takedown. Kolano manages to retain guard.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kolano 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.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dean postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dean working some strikes from top position.
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kolano can do to turn this around?
Dean throws a big right hand that misses.
Dean stopping the sweep attempt from Kolano.
Kolano trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolano has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dean accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kolano's head.
Dean scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kolano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dean throws a big right hand that misses.
Dean trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dean trying to control but Kolano is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dean scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dean dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dean drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dean creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kolano tries to buck Dean off but Dean is having none of it.
Kolano takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kolano struggling a bit here.
Kolano is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Dean is staying active.
Check out the look on Dean's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kolano is looking for a sweep.
Dean lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kolano down.
Dean is putting a hurting on Kolano here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean lands a nice forearm strike.
Kolano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dean in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kolano tries to bench press Dean off him but Dean keeps the position.
Dean landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolano can't do much from the bottom here.
Kolano on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dean landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dean working the ground and pound.
Kolano takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dean looking to control but instead Kolano has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Dean scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dean working the head and body with strikes.
Jimmy Dean overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dean lands a nice short elbow.
Kolano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dean lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kolano is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dean scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dean missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kolano has hold of Dean's hands but Dean slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kolano gets full guard.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dean connects with a couple of short punches.
Dean is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dean works over Kolano with some ground and pound from guard.
Dean throwing strikes but missing.
Dean scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dean distracts Kolano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dean throwing strikes from guard but Kolano blocks nicely.
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
Dean lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kolano controls Dean momentarily but Dean frees himself.
Dean with a nice head shot there.
Dean landing with the ground and pound.
Dean works over Kolano with some ground and pound from guard.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dean won't allow Kolano to sweep him here.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean scoring with punches to the head and body.

Dean stands up from guard. Let's bang!
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!

Dean throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kolano tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dean is in Kolano's guard.
Dean working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kolano's head.
Kolano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dean.
Dean distracts Kolano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dean is working Kolano over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dean works over Kolano with some ground and pound from guard.
Dean content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dean postures up.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dean scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dean tries to free his leg and advance position but Kolano is retaining full guard.
Dean postures up and lands a big shot to Kolano's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dean clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dean closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dean lands in his opponent's guard.
Kolano wants to sweep here but Dean controlling him for the moment.
Dean makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dean is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dean trying to control but Kolano is working from the bottom.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kolano throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dean scoring with some ground and pound.
Dean postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dean throws an elbow that misses. Kolano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dean's guard. Nice move by Kolano!
Kolano is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dean looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kolano is one step ahead there.
Dean on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dean tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kolano drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dean manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kolano has Dean in his guard.
Dean with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Kolano throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dean wants to pass the guard but Kolano is keeping the position.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dean accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dean content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dean lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kolano is trying to keep Dean in close.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dean trying to control the position from guard on top but Kolano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kolano is trying to control the position but Dean postures up.
Dean landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kolano keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Dean postures up and lands a big shot to Kolano's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kolano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kolano has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.
Dean lands a couple of digs.
Dean trying to control but Kolano is working from the bottom.
Kolano is trying to keep Dean in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dean accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dean throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kolano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dean working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dean chips away with some ground and pound.
Dean postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dean trying to control but Kolano is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dean content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dean chips away with some ground and pound.
Kolano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dean loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dean scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kolano wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dean working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kolano's head.
Kolano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dean makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dean had his way with Wiesiek Kolano in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dean looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dean lands strikes from half guard.
Dean is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dean missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dean throws a strike but Kolano avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dean trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dean postures up.
Dean missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dean connects with a couple of short punches.
Dean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kolano is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Dean landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean working some strikes from top position.

Kolano had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dean defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean slips nicely into half guard.
Kolano trying to control here.
Dean lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dean working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dean seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dean lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dean lands with a punch from half guard.
Dean slips a nice elbow through Kolano's hands, connecting with Kolano's forehead.
Dean working the head and body with strikes.
Dean drops an elbow to the side of Kolano's head.
Dean working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean working over Kolano with some ground and pound. Kolano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dean wants to free his trapped foot but Kolano is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dean connects with a nice short shot to Kolano's temple.
Dean lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dean working Kolano over with strikes.
Dean trying to advance position but Kolano counters by regaining guard.
Dean working some strikes from top position.
Kolano trying to keep a closed guard but Dean is proving a slippery customer.
Dean tries to free his leg and advance position but Kolano is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolano trying to control the position.
Dean working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dean keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kolano's head.
Dean throwing strikes from guard but Kolano blocks nicely.
Kolano working a defensive guard here.
Dean lands a couple of elbows.
Dean tries to free his leg and advance position but Kolano is retaining full guard.
Kolano trying to keep a closed guard but Dean is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dean makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dean lands a couple of digs.
Dean throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dean is in close to Kolano's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolano has momentary wrist control but Dean slips an elbow through the middle.
Dean throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kolano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean throws a big right hand that misses.
Dean postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dean lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kolano looking to control.
Dean stands up over Kolano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean trying to control the position from guard on top but Kolano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dean throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wiesiek Kolano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Dean is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dean's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Dean showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dean, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Dean!
Jimmy Dean is the new bantamweight champion!