PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olly Holy (ranked 692 p4p, 673 weight class) and Lutalo Masamba (ranked 91 p4p, 88 weight class). Masamba comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Conversations (Skeler Remix) - Juice WRLD kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Olly Holy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lutalo Masamba's chin.

Holy
vs
Masamba

175 cm
25
185
10 - 4 - 0

192 cm
25
197
11 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Gatoroids

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olly Holy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lutalo Masamba!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masamba misses with a low kick as Holy jumps back.
Holy looks to clinch
and Masamba counters with a straight right hand.

Holy moves into range and clinches up with Masamba.
Holy takes a shot to the head.

Masamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masamba keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Holy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Masamba lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holy backwards.
Holy tries to pull guard but Masamba won't allow it.
Holy tries to pull guard but Masamba forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Masamba lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Holy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Holy jumps guard but Masamba turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olly Holy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holy tries to pull guard but Masamba forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Holy fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Masamba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Holy moves to clinch but Masamba breaks away
and Masamba counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masamba circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Masamba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Holy moves in looking to clinch but Masamba pushes him off.
Holy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking cross lands there for Masamba.

Holy moves into the clinch.
Masamba has had enough of the clinch but Holy keeps him there for the moment.

Masamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masamba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masamba looks to score with a jab to the body but Holy is just out of range.
Holy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Holy has closed the distance and engaged Masamba in a clinch.
Holy jumps guard but Masamba stands there with Holy around his waist. Holy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Holy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Masamba walks away with a smile on his face. Holy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Holy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holy is looking to clinch but Masamba is avoiding it.
Holy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masamba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olly Holy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holy blocks a jab.
Holy tries to clinch up.
Masamba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Holy clinches up with Masamba and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Masamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masamba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Holy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Masamba connects with a crisp jab.
Holy wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Masamba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Masamba misses with a low kick.
Masamba looks to land a left hand but Holy moved out of range nicely.
Holy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Masamba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holy wants to clinch up but Masamba keeps it at a distance.
Holy darts in trying to clinch
enabling Masamba to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Masamba keeps the fight on the outside.
Masamba throws an overhand right that lands on Holy's shoulder, as Holy tries to avoid the shot.
Holy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masamba is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holy.
Masamba is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Holy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Masamba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holy is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Masamba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Masamba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Masamba counters with a right hand to the body.
Holy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masamba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Masamba scores with a jab to the head.
Holy blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Masamba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masamba throws a low kick but Holy avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holy pushes Masamba up against the cage in a clinch.
Holy has Masamba pressed against the cage, preventing Masamba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Holy pulls guard effortlessly.
Masamba is stalling in the full guard.

Holy is looking for a triangle here but Masamba uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Masamba trying to control the position but Holy is working away.
Masamba controls the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holy tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Masamba presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lutalo Masamba 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.

Holy has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Masamba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holy.
Holy is trying to pull guard but Masamba turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Holy is trying to pull guard but Masamba turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Masamba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Holy tries to pull guard but Masamba 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.
Holy jumps guard but Masamba turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Holy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Masamba just stands there and leans against the cage.

Masamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holy tries to clinch
and Masamba counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masamba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holy looks to clinch
and Masamba counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Holy! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lutalo Masamba!
Lutalo Masamba seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.