PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olly Holy (ranked 648 p4p, 705 weight class) and Vinyl Tintley (ranked 91 p4p, 97 weight class). Olly Holy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holy
vs
Tintley

175 cm
22
185
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
28
198
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
The Natural Order

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olly Holy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinyl Tintley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tintley.
Tintley misses with a straight left.
Holy tries to counter by clinching up but Tintley breaks away and moves out of range.

Holy clinches.
Holy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Holy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tintley trying to control but Holy is working from the bottom.

Holy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tintley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Tintley drops back looking for a leg! Holy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holy manages to kick Tintley off! Tintley jumps back into Holy's guard.
Holy is pulling down on Tintley's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holy keeping moving, preventing Tintley from controlling successfully.

Holy working for a triangle but Tintley defends it easily.
Tintley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tintley is looking to stand up but Holy won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tintley looking to pass the guard.

Holy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tintley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Holy seems keen to control Tintley's posture.
Holy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tintley trying to control but Holy is working from the bottom.

Holy looking for a guillotine here but Tintley defends easily.

Holy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tintley defends well.

That's two 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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holy keeping full guard, as Tintley tries to pass.
Holy controlling the position.
Tintley wanted to stand there but Holy had control of the position.
Tintley is fighting to break Holy's control of his arms but Holy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tintley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tintley is fighting to break Holy's control of his arms but Holy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tintley trying to control the position from guard on top but Holy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Holy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tintley.
Holy wants to clinch.
Tintley misses with a wild body shot.
Holy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holy is looking to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Tintley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tintley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Holy wants to clinch.
Tintley looks to throw the jab but Holy is out of range.

Holy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Holy jumps guard and drags Tintley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Holy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tintley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tintley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holy swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holy keeping moving, preventing Tintley from controlling successfully.
Holy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tintley works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Tintley is working for a kimura but Holy is defending it quite comfortably.
Holy is trying is best to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tintley is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Holy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Olly Holy will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tintley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holy.
Tintley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Holy wants to clinch up but Tintley keeps it at a distance.

Holy gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Holy manages to pull guard.
Holy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tintley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Holy looking to control.

Tintley drops back looking for a leg! Holy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holy manages to kick Tintley off! Tintley jumps back into Holy's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tintley drops back looking for a leg! Holy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holy manages to kick Tintley off! Tintley jumps back into Holy's guard.

Holy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tintley is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holy is trying to keep Tintley in close.
Tintley tries to free his leg and advance position but Holy is retaining full guard.

Tintley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tintley drops back looking for a leg! Holy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holy manages to kick Tintley off! Tintley jumps back into Holy's guard.
Tintley tries to free his leg and advance position but Holy is retaining full guard.
Holy has Tintley pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two 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.
Tintley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holy swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Tintley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holy holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Holy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tintley to keep the fight standing.
Holy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tintley's efforts to push away.
Holy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tintley smiles and moves away.

Holy forces Tintley back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Tintley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holy tries to pull guard but Tintley won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olly Holy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tintley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holy tries to pull guard but Tintley holds him up against the cage and eventually Holy drops back down to his feet.

Tintley manages to break the clinch.
Holy on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Holy moves into range and clinches up with Tintley.
Tintley working hard to break the clinch.
Tintley working hard to break the clinch.

Holy manages to pull guard.
Holy controls Tintley momentarily but Tintley frees himself.
Tintley trying to control the position from guard on top but Holy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Olly Holy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Holy keeping full guard, as Tintley tries to pass.
Tintley trying to control the position from guard on top but Holy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tintley works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tintley is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holy wants to control but Tintley is keeping busy.
Holy is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tintley is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tintley trying to control the action but Holy is working from the bottom.

Tintley seems to be looking for submissions.

Holy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tintley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Holy defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vinyl Tintley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tintley.
Tintley misses with a body shot.
Holy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tintley.
Holy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tintley.
Holy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Holy moves out of range as Tintley strikes.
Holy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Holy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tintley.
Holy is looking to clinch.
Holy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tintley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tintley missing with a left hand there. Holy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Holy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tintley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holy.
Tintley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Holy moves into range and clinches up with Tintley.

Holy pulls Tintley into guard.

Holy pushes a forearm under Tintley's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Tintley is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Olly Holy!
Olly Holy is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Olly Holy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.