PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Ben Faur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Olson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Faur comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ben Faur
vs
Olson

186 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Ben Faur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Olson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olson throws the left hand but Ben Faur avoids the punch easily.
Olson scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Jean Ben Faur has been cut.
Olson throws a jab when Ben Faur was well out of range.
Ben Faur slips a straight right by Olson.
Ben Faur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Olson throws out a loose jab but Ben Faur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Ben Faur rushes Olson and presses him up against the cage.
Olson is trying to break the clinch but Ben Faur has him pressed against the cage.
Ben Faur jumps guard but Olson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ben Faur keeps control of Olson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olson wants to break free but Ben Faur has control.
Olson prevents a takedown attempt there.

Ben Faur manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olson throws a right hand that Ben Faur ducks under and follows up with a left that Ben Faur also avoids with ease.

Ben Faur drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ben Faur wants to control but Olson is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Ben Faur is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Olson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Olson wants to get back to his feet but Ben Faur drags him back down.

Ben Faur decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Olson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olson looks winded!
Olson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ben Faur.
Ben Faur will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Ben Faur. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ben Faur tries to clinch but Olson moves out of range.
A jab from Olson does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ben Faur throws a head kick that half lands.
Olson lands with an overhand left.
Ben Faur moves out of range as Olson strikes.
Olson throws an off balance right hand
and Ben Faur counters with a two punch combo.
Olson avoids the body shot from Ben Faur.
Olson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ben Faur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olson.
Kevin Olson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Olson lands with an overhand left.
Ben Faur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Horrible takedown by Ben Faur or perhaps it was just good defense by Olson which made him look bad.
Ben Faur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ben Faur on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Olson scores with a punch to the head.

Ben Faur is rocked!
Olson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Olson looks to land a left hand but Ben Faur moved out of range nicely.
Kevin Olson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Olson as he connects with a hook.
Oh Ben Faur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ben Faur ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
Ben Faur ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
Olson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ben Faur.
Olson looks to land a left hand but Ben Faur moved out of range nicely.
Olson throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Ben Faur stumbling backwards into the cage! Ben Faur bounces back off the cage towards Olson, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Olson lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Olson celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kevin Olson!
An out of breath Kevin Olson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.