PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bman Olot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olot comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Blood. This should be fireworks!

Olot
vs
Dean

178 cm
19
178 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bman Olot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sam Dean!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dean fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Olot, pushing him back against the cage.
We've been informed that Dean has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dean lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olot or not.
Olot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Olot lands an elbow inside that Dean shrugs off.

It looks like Sam Dean has been cut.
Olot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dean lands a nice uppercut.
Dean pushes Olot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dean managing to block the knees to the body from Olot.
Olot looking to throw knees to the head but Dean is blocking nicely.
Olot misses with a punch to the body.
Olot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olot is pushing Dean up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dean is struggling to control the position.
Olot missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Olot pushes off an throws an elbow but Dean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dean lands a hook that snaps the head of Olot backwards.
Olot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Olot prevents a body shot from Dean.
Our sources have told us that Olot has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Olot.
Olot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dean.
Dean avoids the elbow strike from Olot, against the cage.
Dean avoids the elbow strike from Olot, against the cage.
Olot creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Olot has a couple of punches blocked by Dean.
Dean pressing his opponent against the cage.
Olot misses with the head strike.
Dean misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Olot.
Dean trying to stall but Olot improves his position.
Olot lands a good knee to the midsection. Dean won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Olot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olot's elbow.
Olot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dean blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Olot fails to land.
Olot struggles to land a body shot inside as Dean controls his hands.
Olot tries to land a knee to the head but Dean blocks with his arms.
Dean scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olot stalling in the clinch but Dean improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Olot tries to land knees in the clinch but Dean avoids the damage to the body.
Dean avoiding damage as Olot throws knees to the body.
Dean misses with a body punch.
Dean slowing the pace effectively.
Olot lands with a light punch inside.
Dean slowing the pace effectively.
Olot tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right handed body shot lands from Dean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean cracks Olot with a nice body shot.
Olot tries to land knees in the clinch but Dean avoids the damage to the body.
Olot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dean makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dean blocking some punches.
Dean dodges an elbow strike from Olot.
Dean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Olot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Olot.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Olot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dean blocks it with crossed arms.
Olot trying to control the position but instead, Dean has worked for underhooks and has pushed Olot into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Olot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dean.
Olot is trying to stall.
Olot landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Dean.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Olot taking a breather.
Olot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dean lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dean stalls.
Olot blocking some punches.
Dean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Olot is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Olot looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olot misses with some punches.
Olot lands an elbow that stopped Dean in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Dean fails to land.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dean throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bman Olot will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sam Dean's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Olot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Olot misses with a knee strike.
Olot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dean lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Olot swings wildly with an uppercut but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Olot leaning against his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olot throws an elbow but misses.
Bman Olot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dean swings wildly with an uppercut but Olot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olot tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Olot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Olot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dean pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dean is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Olot looking to slow down the pace here.
Olot lands an elbow inside that Dean shrugs off.
Dean lands a left hand that snaps the head of Olot backwards.
Olot lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Dean.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dean.
Dean lands a hook that snaps the head of Olot backwards.
Dean has a couple of punches blocked by Olot.
Dean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Olot is keeping busy.
Olot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Dean.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dean as Olot tries to tie him up.
Olot content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dean.
Dean lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dean.
Nice body punch from Dean.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dean lands a nice shot to the body.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dean - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dean creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Dean.
Dean tries to throw a body punch but Olot avoids it by throwing Dean back against the cage.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dean dodges an elbow strike from Olot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Olot just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dean's brow.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dean.
Dean blocks an elbow strike from Olot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dean as Olot tries to tie him up.
Olot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dean lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dean.
Dean lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dean.
Olot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dean is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dean scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dean has Olot pressed against the cage.
Olot throws an elbow but it misses.
Olot missing with knees to the body.
Dean misses with a body punch.
Dean throws a punch but it's blocked by Olot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olot misses with a knee strike.
Dean blocks an uppercut.
Dean taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dean lands a left hand.
Olot throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Olot misses with a punch to the body.
Dean tries to throw a body punch but Olot avoids it by throwing Dean back against the cage.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
Dean managing to block the knees to the body from Olot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Dean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sam Dean's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dean throws a shot from downtown. Olot moves away and avoids it.
Dean doesn't manage to clinch there - Olot circles away.
Sam Dean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dean tries to close the distance and clinch but Olot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Olot gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dean.
Olot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olot misses with a punch to the body.
Dean blocking some punches.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Olot controls his hands.
Dean working aggressively here.
Olot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olot throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Olot is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dean is keeping busy.
Dean lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Olot creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dean's defenses.

That has opened up Sam Dean's cut even more.
Olot leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dean misses with the head strike.
Olot working Dean over with knees to the body.
Olot's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dean tries to work over Olot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Dean.
A head punch on the inside from Olot fails to land.
Dean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olot's elbow.
Olot struggles to land a body shot inside as Dean controls his hands.
Olot letting Dean take a breather here.
A short right from Dean.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dean lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olot or not.
Olot creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dean works on Olot's body with a couple of short punches.
Olot lands a nice elbow.
Dean is trying to maintain a safe position but Olot gets an underhook and turns Dean into the cage.
Olot stalling against the cage.
Dean lands with a short shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Olot's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Olot trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dean creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Come on Olot - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Olot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dean's elbow.
Olot is looking to control Dean's arms but Dean gets an underhook and turns him. Now Olot has his back to the cage.
Olot throws an elbow but it misses.
Olot lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Olot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dean lands a shot to the body.
Olot swings wildly with an uppercut but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean scores with a shoulder strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Olot takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Dean.
Olot misses with the head strike.
Olot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dean.
Dean lands a right hand that snaps the head of Olot backwards.
Olot tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A shot in the inside from Dean.
Olot is trying to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dean scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olot prevents a body shot from Dean.
Olot blocks a body shot from Dean.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Olot blocks a body shot from Dean.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dean scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olot has a couple of punches blocked by Dean.
Olot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olot tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dean misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Dean as the two fighters clinch.
Dean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Olot is trying to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dean.
Olot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dean doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Dean comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dean 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Dean!
Bman Olot was interviewed post fight and said 'Forgiveness, please!'.