PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halo Olah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mochi Takeru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mochi Takeru has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Olah
vs
Takeru

199 cm
20
285 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
238 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Halo Olah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mochi Takeru!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Olah.

Olah looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Olah wants to pass to mount but Takeru is defending the position.
Takeru tries to get to full guard but Olah has control of the leg.
Olah is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Olah not doing much here.
Olah prevents Takeru from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Takeru manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Olah forces his way into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takeru on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Olah controlling the pace.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeru is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Olah has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Olah takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Olah unloading with bombs!
Takeru is in a horrible position here. Olah smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Mochi Takeru has been cut.
Olah cracks Takeru with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olah scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Takeru?

Takeru is rocked!

Mochi Takeru's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mochi Takeru's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Halo Olah!
During a confident post fight interview, Halo Olah thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.