PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Wattson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Olhoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wattson comes into the arena with Weapon Of Choice - Fatboy Slim blaring out of the sound system. Ray Olhoffer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ron Wattson's chin.

Wattson
vs
Olhoffer

195 cm
30
270 lbs
15 - 18 - 0

225 cm
31
289 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Wattson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Olhoffer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olhoffer misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Wattson.
Wattson misses with the combination.
Olhoffer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wattson.
Olhoffer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A swing and a miss from Wattson.
Ron Wattson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wattson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Olhoffer sprawls well. Olhoffer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wattson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wattson connects with a leg kick. Olhoffer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Olhoffer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Olhoffer.

It looks like Ron Wattson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wattson walks into a straight right hand from Olhoffer.
Olhoffer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wattson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wattson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wattson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Wattson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olhoffer missing with a left hand there. Wattson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wattson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Olhoffer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olhoffer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wattson tries to move into range but Olhoffer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Olhoffer misses with an uppercut. Wattson saw that one coming.
Wattson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Olhoffer looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wattson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Olhoffer's hands.

It looks like Ray Olhoffer has been cut.
Wattson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wattson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wattson!
Wattson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olhoffer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Olhoffer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Wattson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Olhoffer did well to prevent Wattson getting side control.
Wattson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Olhoffer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wattson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wattson wants to pass to mount but Olhoffer is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wattson throwing shots but Olhoffer is blocking nicely.
Olhoffer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wattson.
Olhoffer won't allow Wattson to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wattson throws a strike but Olhoffer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wattson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wattson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wattson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wattson landing with the ground and pound.
Wattson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wattson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Olhoffer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wattson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wattson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Olhoffer's head.
Wattson throws a big right hand that misses.
Wattson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wattson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Olhoffer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wattson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Wattson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wattson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wattson throws a head kick that misses.
Wattson throws a head kick that misses.
Wattson throws a right and a left that Olhoffer avoids nicely.
Olhoffer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wattson blocks a jab.
Olhoffer takes a swing at Wattson's ribcage but misses.
Wattson lands with a nice body punch.
Olhoffer misses with a series of wild punches.
Wattson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ron Wattson is winning the standup battle so far.
Olhoffer throws a hook but Wattson blocks it.
Olhoffer is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Olhoffer gets caught flat footed, as Wattson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wattson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wattson throwing strikes but missing.
Wattson chips away with some ground and pound.
Wattson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olhoffer can do to turn this around?
Wattson throws a big elbow that misses.
Ron Wattson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wattson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wattson throwing strikes but missing.
Wattson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olhoffer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wattson scoring with some ground and pound.
Wattson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wattson is working Olhoffer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wattson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Olhoffer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wattson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wattson postures up in Olhoffer's guard and throws a big left but Olhoffer blocks it.
Wattson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wattson is looking to work some ground and pound but Olhoffer has wrist control.
Wattson with a nice head shot there.
Olhoffer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wattson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Olhoffer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wattson.
Wattson throws a big right hand that misses.
Wattson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Olhoffer's head.
Wattson lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wattson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Olhoffer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wattson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wattson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wattson throws a big elbow that misses.
Wattson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wattson is pushing down on Olhoffer's leg trying to pass to half guard. Olhoffer is fighting to maintain full guard but Wattson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wattson throwing shots but Olhoffer is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wattson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wattson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Wattson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Wattson throws a sloppy head kick and Olhoffer moves out of range easily.
Olhoffer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wattson.
Wattson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wattson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Olhoffer is fending him off so far but Wattson persists. Nope, Olhoffer circles away and we're back to standing.
Wattson connects with a leg kick. Olhoffer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wattson scoring well with a low kick there.
A telegraphed right hand from Olhoffer misses the target.
Olhoffer moves away from the strike by Wattson.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wattson.
Olhoffer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That kick from Wattson tenderised Olhoffer's leg. Olhoffer is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wattson shoots in looking for a takedown. Olhoffer tries to sprawl out of it but Wattson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Olhoffer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Wattson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Wattson misses its intended target.
Wattson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wattson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wattson lands with a good body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wattson.

Wattson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee warns Olhoffer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ray Olhoffer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wattson cracks Olhoffer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wattson breaks from Olhoffer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Olhoffer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wattson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Olhoffer is rocked!
Wattson lands a big shot to the head and Olhoffer winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ron Wattson!
An out of breath Ron Wattson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.