PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Flo Holl (ranked 1670 p4p, 3301 weight class) and Jereme Christ (ranked 185 p4p, 327 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Holl
vs
Christ

178 cm
23
145
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
150
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Flo Holl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jereme Christ!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Christ. Holl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holl keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Holl's jab looks to have found its range, popping Christ under the eye.
Christ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holl throws a leg kick which misses Christ's front leg but catches the back leg as Christ tries to avoid it.
Holl tries to move into range but Christ moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Holl finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Holl throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holl tries to clinch but Christ is having none of it.
Christ swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holl counters with a good low kick that Christ was not able to check.

Holl clinches up with Christ and pushes him back against the cage.
Christ doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Christ avoids a wild elbow strike from Holl.
Holl lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Holl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Christ wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holl scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holl.
Christ managing to block the knees to the body from Holl.
Holl throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ avoids a wild elbow strike from Holl.

Christ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holl tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Christ counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Holl thinking.
Christ looks to land a right hand but Holl moved out of range.
Holl keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Christ works the jab nicely.
Holl scores with a kick to the body.
Holl thows a body kick. Christ tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Holl throws a leg kick
and Christ counters with a straight right hand.
Holl pivots, looking for a leg kick but Christ is out of range and Holl settles back down.
Nice defenses there by Holl.
Holl is looking to counter with a body kick.
Christ throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holl.
Holl slips a straight right by Christ.
Holl uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christ.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holl thuds his shin into the meat of Christ's side.
Christ cracks Holl with a right hand to the side of the head.
Holl looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holl lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Christ. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christ.
Christ might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Christ on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Holl scores with a push kick.
Holl throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holl thumps Christ with a low kick.
Christ misses with a straight right.
Holl throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Christ on the side of the head.
Holl slips under a jab from Christ.
Holl scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Christ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holl.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Holl tenderised Christ's leg. Christ is trying to keep his angry face on.
Christ misses with a hook. Holl ducked under it nicely.
Christ keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Holl was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Holl throws a solid leg kick but Christ takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Holl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl with the inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Holl.
Holl shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Holl fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Holl was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christ throws a looping overhand right but Holl ducks down to avoid it.
Holl fires out a quick counter leg kick but Christ just manages to avoid it.
Flo Holl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Holl.
Christ tries to move into range but Holl moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Christ checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Holl tries to close the distance and clinch but Christ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Christ throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holl throwing a counter right hand but Christ manages to avoid it.
Holl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holl moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Holl lands with a kick to the temple. Christ shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Holl slips a jab from Christ.
Christ keeps the fight on the outside.

Holl gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holl lands a good knee to the midsection. Christ won't want to take too many of those.
Christ's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Christ tries to work over Holl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Christ misses with the head strike.
Christ is working Holl over against the cage.
Christ misses with a punch to the body.
Christ looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holl misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Holl controls the action.
Holl scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Christ lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christ blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christ is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Holl obliges.
Holl lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christ wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holl.
Holl unloads a knee to the mid-section. Christ lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holl gets through Christ's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Flo Holl dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Christ tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Holl throws a body kick that misses.
Christ avoids a kick to the body.
Holl throws a front kick aimed at Christ's knee but Christ avoids it well.
Christ avoids a kick to the body.
Holl thows a leg kick but Christ checks it
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holl is looking to slow Christ down with leg kicks.
Christ takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Christ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christ misses with an uppercut.
That kick from Holl tenderised Christ's leg. Christ is trying to keep his angry face on.
Christ misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ throws a body shot but no joy.
Holl wants to clinch but Christ slips to the side
and Holl takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holl throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Christ. Those never looked like landing.
Holl throws a quick counter kick to the body but Christ avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Holl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ misses with an uppercut
and Holl counters with a slapping leg kick.
Holl misses with a low kick.
Holl attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Christ misses the shot to the body.
Holl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Christ swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holl blocks a jab.
A big left from Christ misses.
Holl closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Holl slips a straight right by Christ.
Christ checks a leg kick.
Christ throws a right hand that Holl ducks under and follows up with a left that Holl also avoids with ease.
Holl appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Holl misses with a kick to the body.
Christ misses with a body shot
and Holl counters with a leg kick.
Christ drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Holl dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christ. That did some damage!
Christ connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ throws an overhand right that lands on Holl's shoulder, as Holl tries to avoid the shot.
Holl swings for the body but Christ moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Christ misses the target.
Christ misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Christ!
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Holl uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christ.
A chopping leg kick lands by Holl.
Christ throws a looping overhand right but Holl ducks down to avoid it.
Holl throws a push kick but Christ slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Holl finds it's way through Christ's defenses.
Holl thuds a left hand into Christ's body.
Holl tries a low kick but Christ avoids it.
Flo Holl is winning the standup battle so far.
Holl throws a body punch but Christ moves out of range.
Christ misses with an uppercut. Holl saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl defending well as Christ loads up on a big left hand.
Christ pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christ takes a kick to the side of the head.
Christ looks to land a combination. Holl sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Holl displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christ throws out the jab.
Christ misses with a body shot.
Holl tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Christ is able to avoid easily.
A slow jab from Christ misses its intended target.

Holl darts in and clinches Christ up against the cage.

Christ breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christ connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Holl scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holl throws out a leg kick but Christ moves out of range and Holl only half commits.
The fighters circling - Christ throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holl throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Christ.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holl chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christ swings for the body but Holl moves out of range.
Holl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Christ in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holl slips under a jab.
Christ bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christ checks the leg kick.

Holl clinches.
Christ takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Christ fails to land.
Holl putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Christ in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Holl working Christ over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flo Holl has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Christ wants to break free but Holl has control.
Holl comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holl lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Christ fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Christ misses with a series of wild punches.
Christ keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Christ throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holl is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christ can do to turn this around?
Holl lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Some bone on bone action there as Christ checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Holl ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Holl throws a head kick but Christ moves out of range.
Holl cracks a nice hook into Christ's ribs.
Holl tries to close the distance and clinch but Christ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holl throws a leg kick
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holl moves away from the strike by Christ.
Holl uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Holl chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christ checks a low kick from Holl.
Christ swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Christ throws a jab when Holl was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holl sizes up Christ with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Holl moves out of range of the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Christ.
Holl closes the distance looking to clinch
and Christ counters with a stiff right hand.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holl lands a nice looking body kick.
Christ misses with a hook. Holl ducked under it nicely.
Christ waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holl.

Holl pushes Christ up against the cage in a clinch.
Holl prevents Christ from breaking the clinch.
Christ blocks the elbow strike.
Christ wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Christ tries to circle away but Holl has him pinned against the cage.
Christ wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl scores a nice knee to the body.
Holl lands an elbow inside.
Holl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holl lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Holl.

Christ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Holl. That snapped Christ's head back.
Holl slips a straight right by Christ.

Holl darts in and clinches Christ up against the cage.
Holl throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Holl tries to land knees in the clinch but Christ avoids the damage to the body.
Holl keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Christ's efforts to push away.
Christ makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Christ looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holl.
Holl misses with a knee to the head.
Flo Holl is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ tries to break free but Holl pushes him back against the cage.
Christ has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Holl.
Christ avoiding damage as Holl throws knees to the body.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Holl.
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holl.
A short body shot lands from Christ as the two fighters clinch.
Christ has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Holl.
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
Christ is trying to break the clinch but Holl has him pressed against the cage.
Holl lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but Christ blocks with his arms.
Christ wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holl blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holl has him pressed against the cage.
Jereme Christ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees in the clinch landing for Holl.
Holl landing knees to the head.
Christ blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Christ.
Holl throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Christ blocks it with crossed arms.

Christ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holl throws a push kick but Christ slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Holl.
Holl scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Holl darts in and clinches Christ up against the cage.
Christ misses with some punches.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flo Holl showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Holl has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flo Holl!
Flo Holl decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.