PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boreste Bardanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Olin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bardanos comes to the cage accompanied by My Kingdom Will Come. Boreste Bardanos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bardanos
vs
Olin

164 cm
27
145 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
158 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

KAISER
GREEN!160

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boreste Bardanos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Olin!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olin shoots in but Bardanos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A lazy left from Bardanos finds it's target.
Bardanos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bardanos. Olin does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Olin tries to counter it with a takedown but Bardanos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bardanos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Olin feints the counter takedown.
Olin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bardanos.
Olin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Olin avoids the body shot from Bardanos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bardanos misses with a looping left.
Olin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Olin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bardanos defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Bardanos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bardanos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bardanos looks to score with a jab to the body but Olin is just out of range.
Olin feints the counter takedown.
Bardanos slaps away a takedown attempt from Olin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boreste Bardanos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Olin.
Olin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bardanos.
Bardanos misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bardanos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Olin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bardanos tries to avoid it but Olin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bardanos to the ground. Bardanos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bardanos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bardanos pinned against the cage. Bardanos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boreste Bardanos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olin shoots for a takedown but Bardanos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bardanos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Olin shoots in for a takedown but Bardanos shows good takedown defense.
Olin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bardanos circles away.
Olin tries for a takedown but Bardanos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It looked like Bardanos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bardanos throws a series of punches but Olin avoids them all with ease.
And Olin tries to counter it with a takedown but Bardanos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Olin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bardanos.
Olin takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bardanos looks to throw the jab but Olin is out of range.
Bardanos just misses with a punch to the body.
Bardanos throws a lazy right hand but Olin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos takes a swing at Olin's ribcage but misses.
Bardanos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olin circles away quickly and effectively.

Olin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Olin working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Bardanos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bardanos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The strikes coming from Olin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sloppy strikes there by Olin.
Bardanos taking a bit of punishment here - Olin scoring with strikes.
Olin throws a strike aimed at the side of Bardanos's head but Bardanos avoids it well.
Bardanos is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olin with the ground and pound but Bardanos regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Olin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bardanos's head.
Olin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bardanos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Olin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bardanos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Olin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Olin connects with a couple of short punches.
Olin is working Bardanos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bardanos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Olin.
Bardanos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Olin postures up in Bardanos's guard and throws a big left but Bardanos blocks it.
Olin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bardanos has momentary wrist control but Olin slips an elbow through the middle.
Bardanos wants to sweep but no luck.
Olin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Olin distracts Bardanos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Olin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boreste Bardanos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bardanos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Olin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Olin scoring with punches and elbows.
Bardanos is looking for a sweep.
Bardanos is working hard here to advance position.
Olin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Olin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bardanos is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bardanos to see if he's OK.
Bardanos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Olin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olin grinds an elbow into Bardanos's temple.
Bardanos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Olin has control of Bardanos's left arm, preventing Bardanos from doing any damage.
Bardanos wants to control from the top but Olin keeps moving.
Olin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bardanos trying to control the position from guard on top but Olin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bardanos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bardanos throwing strikes from guard but Olin blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bardanos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Olin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Olin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bardanos is aware though and is defending well.
Olin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jack Olin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bardanos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Olin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bardanos's guard.

Olin won't allow Bardanos to sweep him here.
Olin lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olin landing with the ground and pound.

Bardanos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Olin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Olin is in close to Bardanos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Olin landing some decent shots from guard.
Olin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bardanos trying to control the position.
Olin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bardanos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Olin lands a couple of elbows.
Olin is in close to Bardanos's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Bardanos is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Olin rolls with it to try and escape but Bardanos cranks on the arm and Olin is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Boreste Bardanos!
Boreste Bardanos retains his featherweight title!
Our winner, Boreste Bardanos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.