PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Oliver (ranked 2046 p4p, 250 weight class) and Maximilian Alexei (ranked 1584 p4p, 202 weight class). Maximilian Alexei acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Oliver
vs
Alexei

189 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
184 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamie Oliver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximilian Alexei!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver misses with an uppercut

and Alexei counters with a crisp right hand that drops Oliver! Alexei lets Oliver back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Oliver moves into range and clinches up with Alexei.
Oliver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oliver swings wildly with an uppercut but Alexei uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Oliver.
Oliver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alexei misses with some punches.
Oliver lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Maximilian Alexei has been cut.
Alexei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oliver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oliver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oliver throws a punch but it's blocked by Alexei.
Oliver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alexei lands a nice uppercut.
Alexei prevents a body shot from Oliver.
Oliver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexei backwards.
Oliver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexei's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliver.
Oliver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alexei backwards.
Alexei has had enough of the clinch but Oliver keeps him there for the moment.
Alexei blocks an uppercut.
Alexei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliver.
Alexei will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oliver up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oliver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oliver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oliver lands a shot to the body.
Oliver digs a right hand into Alexei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alexei's gas tank.
Alexei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oliver lands a nice shot to the body.
Oliver looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Alexei looks winded!
Alexei takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oliver lands with a right to the head.
Oliver lands a damaging elbow.
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!
Oliver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Maximilian Alexei's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver lands with a left to the head.
Oliver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliver lands a hook that snaps the head of Alexei backwards.
Oliver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oliver stalling the fight.
Alexei is trying to push Oliver away but Oliver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Oliver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oliver keeps control of Alexei as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alexei wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oliver lands an elbow inside that Alexei shrugs off.
Oliver scores with a hook to the body.
Oliver blocks an uppercut.
Alexei wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alexei takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oliver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alexeis head.
Oliver lands an uppercut.
Oliver lands an uppercut.
Oliver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Oliver.
Good body shot from Oliver.
Oliver is leaning against Alexei and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oliver.
A short right from Oliver.
Oliver lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Oliver.
Oliver lands an elbow inside that Alexei shrugs off.

The cut above Maximilian Alexei's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Alexei has a couple of punches blocked by Oliver.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oliver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Alexei is rocked!
Oliver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexei is still on wobbly legs! Can Oliver finish him?
Oliver lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliver lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oliver lands a shoulder strike.
Oliver prevents Alexei from breaking the clinch.
Alexei seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliver pushes Alexei back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alexei is trying to break the clinch but Oliver is controlling him.
Oliver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver can't find room to land a body shot as Alexei controls the action.
Oliver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oliver scores with a hook to the body.
Oliver lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alexei takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliver.
Oliver is working Alexei over against the cage.
Oliver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oliver scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oliver scores with a hook to the body.
Oliver lands a body shot.
Oliver scores with a shoulder strike.
Oliver lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oliver lands a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliver.
Oliver cracks Alexei with a nice body shot.
Oliver lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alexei.
Oliver is working Alexei over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Oliver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximilian Alexei's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Oliver sends Alexei crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Oliver is motioning to the referee to let Alexei up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oliver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexei can do to turn this around?
Oliver drops Alexei with a straight right hand, right on the button! Oliver follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Oliver!
Jamie Oliver is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Jamie Oliver thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.