PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Olonga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2pac - Troublesome '96 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Olonga
vs
Cuenca

187 cm
37
213 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

189 cm
36
210 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

AnonymouS
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Olonga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olonga works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cuenca tries to land a front kick but Olonga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cuenca tries to close the distance and clinch but Olonga swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cuenca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cuenca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Olonga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olonga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Olonga cracks Cuenca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cuenca drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Olonga throws a leg kick but Cuenca sees it coming and moves out of range.
Olonga seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice straight punches there by Olonga. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Olonga.
Olonga fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cuenca on the side of the head.
Cuenca lands a nice looking body shot.
Olonga blocks a low kick nicely.
Olonga misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olonga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuenca has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cuenca misses with a head kick.
Olonga throws out a loose jab but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuenca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Olonga cracks a nice hook into Cuenca's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuenca misses with a low kick.
Cuenca throws a head kick that Olonga semi-blocks.
Olonga throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cuenca stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Olonga just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuenca sizes up Olonga with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cuenca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cuenca walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Olonga misses with a body shot.
Cuenca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Cuenca misses its intended target.
Olonga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cuenca.
Olonga tried to counter with a leg kick but Cuenca avoided it.
Olonga connects with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Olonga.
Cuenca attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Olonga bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuenca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ricard Cuenca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olonga swings for the body but Cuenca moves out of range.
Cuenca misses with a left hand
and Olonga counters with a right hand to the body.
Olonga scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cuenca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olonga looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuenca is just out of range.
Olonga lands a front kick.
Olonga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuenca manages to avoid it.
Olonga cracks Cuenca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cuenca gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olonga.
Olonga misses the shot to the body.
Cuenca slips under a jab from Olonga.
Olonga is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Olonga jabs Cuenca to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Olonga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Olonga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olonga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olonga misses with a shot to the body
and Cuenca counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Olonga thinking.
Olonga takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cuenca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Olonga ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Olonga attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cuenca misses with a kick to the body.
Cuenca misses with a wild body shot.
Cuenca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Olonga counters with a nice leg kick.
Olonga walks into a stiff left hand from Cuenca.
Olonga throws a hook but Cuenca avoids it easily.
Cuenca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Olonga.
Good leg kick by Olonga there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olonga finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Olonga backing away here, and Cuenca unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cuenca getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cuenca takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cuenca tries to work over Olonga's front leg with a kick but Olonga checks it.
Cuenca just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromOlonga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuenca looks to land a right hand but Olonga moved out of range.
Olonga misses with a hook to the body
and Cuenca counters with an outside leg kick.
Olonga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuenca.
Olonga does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Olonga lands a body shot.
Olonga thumps Cuenca with a low kick.
Olonga on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Olonga connects with a single shot there.
Cuenca cracks the inside of Olonga's front leg.
Cuenca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decent striking displayed by Olonga there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olonga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cuenca on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Olonga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cuenca fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Olonga is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Olonga dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Olonga misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Cuenca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cuenca slips under a jab.
Cuenca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cuenca takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cuenca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olonga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cuenca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Olonga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cuenca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Olonga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olonga connects with a body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cuenca might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Olonga has got the better of the exchanges.
Cuenca blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olonga avoids the body shot from Cuenca.
Olonga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Olonga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Cuenca counter with a right hand.
Olonga throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cuenca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olonga.
Olonga swats away the attempt to clinch by Cuenca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuenca misses with a looping left.
Cuenca tries to land a front kick but Olonga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A jab from Olonga misses.
A slow jab from Cuenca misses its intended target.
Olonga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olonga. Cuenca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cuenca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olonga.
Cuenca is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A good leg kick by Cuenca.
Olonga lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Henry Olonga is winning the standup battle so far.
Cuenca moves away from the strike by Olonga.
Olonga stalks Cuenca and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cuenca's face. Cuenca staggers backwards, shaken.
Cuenca slips under a jab.
Olonga lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cuenca will feel that in the morning.
Olonga throws a leg kick
and Cuenca counters with a thumping low kick.
Cuenca throws a wild body kick that Olonga sees coming a mile off.
A quick step to the side and Olonga tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olonga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cuenca can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olonga ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Cuenca connects with a looping right hand.
Cuenca tries to clinch but Olonga is having none of it.
Cuenca with a hook.
Cuenca throws a quick inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Olonga checks a leg kick.
Olonga misses with a leg kick
and Cuenca counters with a nice uppercut.
Olonga just misses with a punch to the body.
Olonga cracks Cuenca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Olonga throws a body kick that misses.
Cuenca loads up on a big right hand but Olonga slips the punch.
Olonga appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cuenca throws an overhand right that lands on Olonga's shoulder, as Olonga tries to avoid the shot.
Olonga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuenca manages to avoid it.
Olonga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Olonga motions for Cuenca to come forward. Olonga throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Olonga misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Olonga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuenca.
Olonga delivers a nice body kick.
Cuenca finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Olonga is looking to chop away at Cuenca's legs.
Cuenca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cuenca jabs Olonga right on the nose. Olonga blinks but takes it well.
Cuenca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Olonga blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cuenca lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Olonga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuenca was well out of range. Poor timing from Olonga.
A left lands for Cuenca.
Olonga lands a head shot.
Cuenca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Olonga.
Olonga throws a shot from downtown. Cuenca moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olonga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuenca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Olonga swats away the attempt to clinch by Cuenca.
Cuenca loads up on a big right hand but Olonga slips the punch.
Cuenca thuds a left hand into Olonga's body.
Cuenca misses with a straight right.
Olonga throws a looping overhand right but Cuenca ducks down to avoid it.
Olonga swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cuenca counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Olonga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuenca.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cuenca, as that shot connected.
Cuenca misses with a looping left.
Olonga was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cuenca motions for Olonga to come forward. Cuenca throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Olonga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Olonga is looking to wear down Cuenca with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Olonga throws a low kick, looking for Cuenca's leg but Cuenca calmly moves out of range.
Olonga slips a straight right by Cuenca.
Cuenca misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Henry Olonga will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Olonga scores with a sloppy right hand. Cuenca should have avoided that one.
Olonga misses the shot to the body.
Olonga takes a jab right on the kisser.
Olonga feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cuenca's calf.
Cuenca throws a sloppy head kick
and Olonga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Olonga moves forwards but Cuenca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Olonga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Olonga misses with a hook.
Olonga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuenca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Olonga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuenca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Olonga. Olonga circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cuenca misses with a wild body shot.
Cuenca misses with an uppercut. Olonga saw that one coming.
Olonga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuenca was well out of range. Poor timing from Olonga.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuenca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olonga's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuenca throws a body punch but Olonga moves out of range.
Cuenca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cuenca moves away from the strike by Olonga.
Cuenca looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Olonga.
Olonga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cuenca takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Olonga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuenca manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cuenca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olonga connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cuenca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cuenca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cuenca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Olonga.
Olonga just misses with a punch to the body.
Ricard Cuenca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olonga lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Olonga throws a hook to the side of Cuenca's head but Cuenca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Olonga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cuenca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Olonga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Olonga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olonga throws a leg kick that misses.
Olonga is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Cuenca has closed the distance and engaged Olonga in a clinch.
Olonga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cuenca's elbow.
Olonga avoids a wild elbow strike from Cuenca.
Olonga misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cuenca throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Olonga tries to work over Cuenca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Cuenca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Olonga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cuenca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olonga is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cuenca misses with a body kick.
Cuenca tries a head kick but it misses.
Cuenca throws out a loose jab but Olonga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olonga fakes the leg kick and cracks Cuenca in the body.
Cuenca blocks the body kick.
Cuenca on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Olonga takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Olonga scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cuenca doesn't seem bothered though.
Cuenca thows a leg kick but Olonga checks it
and Olonga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry Olonga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cuenca is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Olonga does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuenca throws a head kick but Olonga moves out of range.
Olonga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Cuenca releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Olonga scores with a jab. Cuenca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olonga works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cuenca throws a leg kick but Olonga sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cuenca delivers a nice body kick.
Olonga cracks a nice hook into Cuenca's ribs.
Olonga fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cuenca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Olonga.
Cuenca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Olonga with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Olonga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Olonga scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cuenca in his tracks.
Cuenca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Olonga feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Olonga throws a body punch but Cuenca moves out of range.
Cuenca needs to keep his hands up - Olonga had a free shot at his head there.
Olonga throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Olonga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Olonga, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Olonga!