PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Knoxville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Olic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knoxville's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Big Ballz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knoxville
vs
Olic

200 cm
23
140 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

161 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonny Knoxville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leopold Olic!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olic misses with a few strikes there.

Knoxville closes the distance and clinches.
Knoxville lands an elbow just above Olic 's eye.
Olic is trying to pull guard but Knoxville turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Knoxville really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Knoxville has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Olic is trying to keep an underhook but Knoxville manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knoxville controlling the pace.
Olic moves into full guard.
Olic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Knoxville sitting in guard here, content to control.
Olic looking to control.
Knoxville pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Olic is keeping the position for now.
Knoxville seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Olic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knoxville is one step ahead there.
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.

Jonny Knoxville has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Olic misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Olic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Olic misses with a lunging right hand
and Knoxville counters with a leg kick.
Olic misses with a hook
and Knoxville counters with a right hand to the body.
Knoxville closes the distance but Olic moves to the side
and Olic counters with a straight right hand.
Olic misses with a double jab.
Knoxville displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Olic throws out the jab.
Knoxville connects with a solid leg kick.
Knoxville scoring well with a low kick there.
Olic is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knoxville changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Olic tries to avoid it but Knoxville manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Olic to the ground. Olic escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Knoxville shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Olic's guard.
Olic keeping full guard, as Knoxville tries to pass.
Knoxville is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knoxville postures up.

Knoxville avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Knoxville wants to control from the top but Olic keeps moving.
Olic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

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.
Knoxville lands a jab-cross combination.
Olic swats away the attempt to clinch by Knoxville.
Knoxville takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knoxville uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olic.
Knoxville shoots in but no luck this time.
Olic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Olic.
Knoxville fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knoxville avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olic throws a series of punches but Knoxville avoids them all with ease.
Knoxville tries to close the distance and clinch but Olic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knoxville shoots in for a double leg but Olic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Knoxville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knoxville tries to close the distance and clinch but Olic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olic throws a combination. Knoxville tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knoxville looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knoxville slips a straight right by Olic.
Nice sprawl there from Olic as Knoxville shoots in.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left and a right from Olic both land. Nice combination.

Knoxville is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Knoxville darts in and clinches Olic up against the cage.
Oh Knoxville is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Olic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Olic lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Knoxville goes down and covers up as Olic starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leopold Olic!