PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Patriot (ranked 372 p4p, 536 weight class) and Olyn Seran (ranked 44 p4p, 71 weight class). Seran has chosen Sound of Silence - Disturbed as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Patriot
vs
Seran

165 cm
22
161
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
165
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hardcore Sports Nutrition
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gorgon Patriot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olyn Seran!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot throws a body punch but Seran moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Seran misses.
Patriot fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Seran checks it well.
Patriot wants to clinch.
Seran throws a hook to the side of Patriot's head but Patriot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Seran gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Patriot misses with some punches.
Patriot lands a shoulder strike.
Seran throws a head punch that misses.
Seran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Seran struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seran's elbow.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seran lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seran tries to throw a body punch but Patriot avoids it by throwing Seran back against the cage.

Seran jumps guard.
Our spies down at at Oblivion Gate inform us that Seran has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Seran had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Patriot defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patriot got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seran has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Patriot has managed to get both his arms back between Seran's legs - danger averted.
Patriot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seran swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seran wants to sweep but no luck.

Seran looking for a guillotine here but Patriot defends easily.
Seran is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Seran looking for a guillotine here but Patriot defends easily.
Seran keeping full guard, as Patriot tries to pass.

Seran had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Patriot defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seran wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seran is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Patriot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Patriot controls from within his opponent's guard.
Seran is trying to keep Patriot in close.

Seran looking for subs off his back but Patriot has passed one foot through into half guard.
Patriot controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seran wants to control but Patriot is keeping busy.
Patriot controlling the action here.

Seran looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Seran is looking to improve his position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Patriot clinches up with Seran and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Olyn Seran will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Seran prevents a body shot from Patriot.
Patriot throws a punch but it's blocked by Seran.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seran.

Seran successfully pulls guard.

Seran looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Patriot passes into side control.
Seran tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Seran trying to control but Patriot postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seran actively working from the bottom here.
Seran is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Patriot's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Patriot's back!
Seran not allowing Patriot to control his hands.

Seran is looking for the choke from the back position but Patriot is controlling his hands well.

Patriot defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Seran's arms.

Patriot showing good submission defense here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Seran has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Patriot staying busy and making it hard for Seran to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Patriot defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Seran is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Patriot preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Seran.
Patriot tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Seran controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patriot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Seran tries to control but Patriot wriggling away.
Seran controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Seran working for a guillotine from mount but Patriot is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olyn Seran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Patriot tries to land a leg kick but Seran saw it coming and moves away.
Patriot doesn't manage to clinch there - Seran circles away.
Patriot tries to work over Seran's front leg with a kick but Seran checks it.
Seran tries to counter with a clinch but Patriot shakes him off and moves away.
Seran misses the shot to the body.
As Seran tries to get set, Patriot tries to push him back and clinch up but Seran manages to avoid the attempt.
Patriot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seran.
Seran is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Patriot with a body shot.
Seran lands a body shot.
Patriot scores with a leg kick.
Seran avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seran appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Patriot fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Seran, pushing him back against the cage.
Patriot blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Seran scores with a shot to the side of Patriot's head.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Seran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Seran lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Patriot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seran.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seran.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seran.
Seran misses with a punch to the body.
Patriot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patriot misses with a punch on the inside.
Patriot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seran blocks a body shot from Patriot.
Seran blocks a body shot from Patriot.
Seran tries a body shot but Patriot blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seran.
Seran lands a shoulder strike.
Seran tries to pull guard but Patriot forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Seran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patriot blocks a body shot from Seran.
Patriot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seran's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Seran.
A shot in the inside from Patriot.
Seran working some nice short punches 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!
Seran jumps guard but Patriot turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Patriot is leaning against Seran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Seran jumps guard but Patriot stands there with Seran around his waist. Seran gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gorgon Patriot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olyn Seran.
Patriot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Seran tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Patriot just stands there and leans against the cage.

Seran ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Seran no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Seran being controlled here, momentarily.
Olyn Seran has got the better of the ground game so far.
Seran looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Seran has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Patriot can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Seran has his foot on Patriot's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Patriot works his way back into a safe position though.

Seran working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Patriot has passed into half guard!

Seran actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Seran looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Patriot seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Seran looking for submissions off his back.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Seran has a hand on Patriot's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Patriot takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorgon Patriot clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Patriot tries to clinch up
and Seran connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Gorgon Patriot has been cut.

Patriot darts in and clinches Seran up against the cage.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seran misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot throws a head punch that misses.
Seran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Patriot misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Patriot throws a head punch that misses.
Patriot misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seran.
Patriot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Seran backwards.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran blocks an uppercut.
Seran lands a left hand.
Patriot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seran takes a shot to the head.
Seran working aggressively here.

Seran successfully pulls guard.
Patriot preventing the sweep.
Seran trying to keep a closed guard but Patriot is proving a slippery customer.
Patriot stopping the sweep attempt from Seran.

Seran working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Patriot has passed into half guard!
Seran wants to control but Patriot is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patriot content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Seran has a hand on Patriot's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Patriot takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Seran tries to hold on but Patriot postures up.
Seran can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran wants to control but Patriot is having none of it.
Seran is looking to improve his position but Patriot isn't that keen on the idea.
Patriot controlling the pace for now.

That's four 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.
Seran tries to lock up and control but Patriot gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Seran is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seran tries to lock up and control but Patriot gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorgon Patriot had his way with Olyn Seran in that round.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Patriot moves into the clinch.
Patriot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Serans head.
Seran fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Seran throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot tries a body shot but Seran blocks it.
Patriot lands a nice uppercut.
Patriot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Seran manages to pull guard.

Seran working for a triangle but Patriot defends it easily.
Patriot looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran is trying to keep Patriot in close.
Patriot might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seran had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Patriot defends it easily.
Seran controls Patriot momentarily but Patriot frees himself.

Seran looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Patriot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seran swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Seran working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Patriot has passed into half guard!
Patriot slows the pace down in half guard.

Seran looking for subs from the bottom but Patriot mounts him!
Seran is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran tries to hold on but Patriot pushes him away.
Patriot prevents Seran from getting the reversal.
Seran wants to control but Patriot is having none of it.
Seran can't escape the position.
Patriot takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Patriot has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Seran wants to hold on but Patriot pushes him away.
Patriot sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Seran is trying desperately to improve position.
Seran tries to lock up and control but Patriot gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Seran is looking to improve his position but Patriot isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gorgon Patriot showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Patriot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 48:47
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorgon Patriot!
Gorgon Patriot retains his lightweight title!
Gorgon Patriot decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.