PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjalar Ollongren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon Henry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henry
vs
Ollongren

183 cm
29
188 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

186 cm
26
202 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fjalar Ollongren!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henry misses with a wild body shot.
Ollongren thuds a left hand into Henry's body.
Ollongren with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ollongren shoots in but no luck this time.
Ollongren misses with a takedown attempt - Henry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henry blocks a low kick nicely.
Ollongren throws an overhand right that lands on Henry's shoulder, as Henry tries to avoid the shot.
Ollongren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henry.
Ollongren throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Henry on the side of the head.
Ollongren lands a slapping body shot.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Ollongren shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Henry is trying to defend but Ollongren finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ollongren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ollongren is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Henry has managed to free his arm - good work.
Henry wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ollongren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ollongren is pressing down on Henry's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henry is holding on for now.
Ollongren misses with a head shot. Henry uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ollongren throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren tries to free his leg and advance position but Henry is retaining full guard.
Ollongren working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henry 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.
Henry keeping full guard, as Ollongren tries to pass.
Ollongren stands and throws Henry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Henry tries to improve position but can't.
Ollongren working the head with strikes.

It looks like Leon Henry has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ollongren sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Henry is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Ollongren.
The strikes coming from Ollongren are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Henry is trying to improve his position.
Henry prevents Ollongren from moving into mount.
Henry is trying to improve his position.

Ollongren goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Henry rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Ollongren's guard! Nice work there by Henry!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ollongren lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henry!
Ollongren connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry is trying to stand up.
Henry is in a horrible position here. Ollongren smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ollongren raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjalar Ollongren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leon Henry's cut.
That's time! Henry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Henry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ollongren blocks a jab.
Henry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Ollongren.
Ollongren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henry circles away quickly and effectively.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Ollongren.
Henry throws a hook but Ollongren avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ollongren. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Henry.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ollongren.
Ollongren shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Henry but Henry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ollongren digs a good hook to Henry's body.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ollongren scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ollongren misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Henry stops Ollongren from passing to mount.
Henry on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Ollongren are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ollongren creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Henry prevents Ollongren from improving position.

Ollongren tries for a kimura but Henry is defending well.
Ollongren throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ollongren lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ollongren grinds an elbow into Henry's temple.
Ollongren is working Henry over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ollongren fails to land a wild elbow strike.
An elbow from Ollongren crashes against the mat.
Ollongren throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ollongren creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ollongren lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Henry defending against the ground and pound.
Ollongren tries to move to mount but Henry blocks the move with his legs.
Ollongren grinds an elbow into Henry's temple.
Ollongren tries to score with some ground and pound. Henry controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ollongren scores with punches from side control.
Ollongren works to advance to full mount. Henry defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Ollongren goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Henry turns into him and now he's in Ollongren's guard.
Henry preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henry's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ollongren is looking to work some ground and pound but Henry has wrist control.
Ollongren slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ollongren connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Henry some visible discomfort.
Ollongren throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Henry works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ollongren thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henry's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjalar Ollongren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Leon Henry's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ollongren lands a jab to the nose.
Henry takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Henry swinging wildly here.
Henry misses with a straight right.
Henry misses the jab.
Ollongren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ollongren throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henry's waist but Henry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ollongren off to one side.
Ollongren tries to bum rush Henry with a series of wild strikes but Henry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ollongren throws a low kick but Henry avoids it.
Henry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ollongren just misses with a punch to the body.
Ollongren shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Henry misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Ollongren's shoulder, as Ollongren tries to avoid the shot.
Ollongren misses with a shot to the body
and Ollongren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ollongren misses with an uppercut. Henry saw that one coming.
Ollongren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henry as he avoids it easily.
Leon Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fjalar Ollongren.
Ollongren missing with a left hand there. Henry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ollongren works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ollongren slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henry is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ollongren thows a body shot but no joy.
Ollongren shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Henry as he jumps to the side.
Fjalar Ollongren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ollongren fails to land the takedown.
Ollongren takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ollongren takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ollongren lands a really nice looking cross but Henry seems unphased.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ollongren manages to avoid it.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leon Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ollongren shoots in looking for a takedown but Henry manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ollongren's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ollongren avoids the body shot from Henry.
Henry misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Henry misses the target.
Fjalar Ollongren seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Ollongren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Henry breaks the clinch.
Ollongren is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henry rather than just go for the knockout.
Ollongren misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ollongren dives in and grabs Henry's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes down on Ollongren's head and hops out.
Ollongren swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a jab-cross combination.
Henry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ollongren shoots in for a double leg but Henry sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ollongren has a takedown stuffed.
Ollongren misses with a series of wild punches.
Henry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ollongren.
Henry leaves Ollongren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ollongren staying out of range there.
Ollongren lands a nice hook to Henry's body. Henry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ollongren manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Henry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ollongren, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ollongren.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henry tries to circle away but Ollongren has him pinned against the cage.
Henry is trying to push Ollongren away but Ollongren has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ollongren misses with a short punch on the inside.

Ollongren manages to break the clinch.
Ollongren throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henry's waist but Henry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ollongren off to one side.
Ollongren lands a nice looking body shot.
Fjalar Ollongren is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry looks to land a left hand but Ollongren moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Henry dodges the punch combination from Ollongren.
A jab from Henry misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Leon Henry.
I think Ollongren has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fjalar Ollongren!
After winning the bout, Fjalar Ollongren thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.