PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Laurens De Bock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adegoke Olujimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olujimi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jovivaa - Vigilant. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

De Bock
vs
Olujimi

186 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Master Lee's One Stop

KAISER
Grand Royal Wear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Laurens De Bock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adegoke Olujimi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Bock with a poor takedown
and Olujimi counters with a one-two to the body.
De Bock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Olujimi tries to avoid it but De Bock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Olujimi to the ground. Olujimi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
De Bock avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Bock drops his hands momentarily and Olujimi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Olujimi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Olujimi misses with the combination.
Olujimi thows a body shot but no joy.
De Bock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Olujimi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olujimi connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olujimi circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Bock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Olujimi's waist but Olujimi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing De Bock off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laurens De Bock. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Bock fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Olujimi, as that shot connected.
De Bock fails with a takedown attempt.
Laurens De Bock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Bock throws a head kick that misses.
Olujimi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Bock was well out of range. Poor timing from Olujimi.
De Bock throws a low kick but Olujimi avoids it.
De Bock with a lazy takedown attempt
and Olujimi counters with a one-two to the body.
De Bock blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olujimi lands a nice hook to De Bock's body. De Bock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Bock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Bock shoots and misses
and Olujimi counters with a stiff right hand.
De Bock fails with the takedown.
De Bock is breathing heavily.
Olujimi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Olujimi wants it to stay on the feet.
De Bock misses with a takedown attempt
and Olujimi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Olujimi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olujimi stalks De Bock and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Bock's face. De Bock staggers backwards, shaken.

Olujimi cracks De Bock with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! De Bock looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Olujimi finish him?

De Bock is rocked!

It looks like Laurens De Bock has been cut.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for De Bock. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nice straight punches there by Olujimi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Olujimi.
Oh De Bock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Olujimi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Olujimi lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and De Bock falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adegoke Olujimi!
Adegoke Olujimi took some time post fight to say the following; 'I’m a good fighter with skills and I will be the best one day, I promise you.'.