PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Bones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bman Oloot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oloot has chosen Bang Bang as his entrance music. Bobby Bones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bones
vs
Oloot

192 cm
21
190 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

185 cm
19
193 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Bones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bman Oloot!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oloot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oloot tries to clinch there but Bones circles away.
Bones drops down looking for a counter takedown but Oloot sprawls and moves away.
Bones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oloot swivels and escapes.
Bones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Bones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oloot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bones has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Oloot clinches up with Bones and pushes him back against the cage.
Oloot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bones blocks it with crossed arms.
Oloot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oloot misses with a knee strike.
Oloot tries a body shot but Bones blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bones avoids the elbow strike from Oloot, against the cage.
Oloot effectively controlling the action here.
Oloot stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oloot working aggressively here.
Oloot is struggling to control the position.
Oloot pressing his opponent against the cage.
Oloot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oloot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oloot working aggressively here.
Bones letting Oloot take a breather here.
Bones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oloot slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bman Oloot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bones is defended easily by Oloot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bones or perhaps it was just good defense by Oloot, which made it look bad.
Oloot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bones gets tackled into the cage by Oloot. Oloot maintains the clinch.
Bones is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Oloot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oloot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oloot trying to land knees to the body.
Oloot lands a nice elbow.
Oloot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oloot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bones.
Bones looking for a takedown.
Oloot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oloot stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oloot trying to land knees to the body.
Oloot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bones's elbow.
Oloot stalling the fight.
Bones looking for a takedown.
Bones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oloot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Oloot.
Oloot is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oloot avoiding damage.
Oloot receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bones avoids a wild elbow strike from Oloot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oloot takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bones takes a shot to the head.
Oloot slowing the pace effectively.
Oloot unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oloot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bones.
Oloot misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Oloot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bman Oloot dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bones tries to keep at a distance but Oloot has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oloot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The referee calls for Oloot to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bones blocks an uppercut.
Oloot struggles to land a body shot inside as Bones controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oloot stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oloot has Bones pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bman Oloot.
Oloot wants to clinch up but Bones keeps it at a distance.
Oloot goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bones has a takedown stuffed.
Oloot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oloot doesn't manage to clinch there - Bones circles away.
Bones fails with the takedown.
Oloot tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Bones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bones shoots in looking for a takedown. Oloot tries to sprawl out of it but Bones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oloot manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oloot swivels and escapes.
Bones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Oloot tries to avoid it but Bones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Oloot to the ground. Oloot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Oloot is looking to clinch.

Bones scores with a takedown into Oloot's guard.
Bones wants to pass the guard but Oloot is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oloot is trying to keep Bones in close.
Bones looking to pass the guard.

Bones drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Oloot dives on top into guard.

Bones working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Oloot doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oloot manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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!

Bones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Bones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oloot defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oloot can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bones looking for a sweep. Not yet Bones, not yet.
Oloot must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Oloot is sitting in close to Bones's body. Bones has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Oloot is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Oloot is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bones.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobby Bones!
Bobby Bones managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Highland Clothing, into his post fight interview.
Bman Oloot was interviewed post fight and said 'Forgiveness, please!'.