PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Olivier (ranked 5300 p4p, 24562 weight class) and Alexander Bagration (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Olivier
vs
Bagration

185 cm
18
200
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
192
1 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caleb Olivier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Bagration!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bagration loads up on a big right hand but Olivier slips the punch.
Bagration wants to clinch up but Olivier keeps it at a distance.
Bagration uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olivier.
Bagration defending well as Olivier loads up on a big left hand.
Olivier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bagration circles away quickly and effectively.
Olivier definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bagration fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bagration is looking to clinch but Olivier is avoiding it.

Olivier shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bagration napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Olivier passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Bagration!
Olivier cracks Bagration with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Bagration is rocked!
Olivier scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bagration?
Bagration is still in real trouble! Can Olivier finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Olivier! Bagration is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Caleb Olivier!