PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Olson (ranked 2288 p4p, 2535 weight class) and Lyle Rock (ranked 321 p4p, 350 weight class). Jay Olson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Olson
vs
Rock

185 cm
25
147
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
175
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jay Olson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyle Rock!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rock wants to clinch
and Olson counters with a series of strikes. Rock will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Rock clinches up with Olson and pushes him back against the cage.
Olson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olson's brow.
Olson scores with a shoulder strike.
Olson trying to stall but Rock improves his position.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Olson avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rock.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rock obliges.
Olson is breathing heavily.
Olson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Olson breaks from the clinch.

Rock forces Olson back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Olson.
Rock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Olson is defending well for now.
Rock lands a damaging elbow.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rock avoids the elbow strike from Olson, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rock.
Olson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rock misses with an elbow strike.
Rock lands a knee to the head.
Olson throws a head punch that misses.
We've been informed that Rock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rock.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Olson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Olson blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Olson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olson.
Rock tries to land a knee to the head but Olson blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Olson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olson blocks an elbow strike.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olson avoids it.
Olson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Rock misses with an elbow strike.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Olson avoids the damage to the body.
Olson misses with a punch to the body.
Rock throws an elbow but it misses.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olson takes an elbow to the temple.
Rock lands an elbow just above Olson 's eye.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Olson blocks an elbow strike.
Olson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rock misses with an elbow strike.
Rock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Olson's face.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Olson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Olson blocks the elbow strike.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Olson takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olson avoids the elbow strike from Rock, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a nice knee to the body.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Olson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Olson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Rock avoids a wild elbow strike from Olson.
Rock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rock tries to land a knee to the head but Olson blocks with his arms.
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Olson is working for takedown but Rock is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lyle Rock dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Olson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rock tries to clinch there but Olson circles away.
Rock wants to clinch.
Rock wants to clinch up but Olson keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olson avoids it.
Rock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olson managing to block the knees to the body from Rock.
Rock lands an elbow just above Olson 's eye.
Rock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Olson is defending well for now.
Olson gets through Rock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Olson takes an elbow to the temple.
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olson can't find room to land a body shot as Rock controls the action.
Olson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Olson looking to throw knees to the head but Rock is blocking nicely.
A hook to the body from Olson.
Olson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rock walks away with a smile on his face. Olson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lyle Rock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rock is looking to clinch but Olson is avoiding it.
Olson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Olson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
An attempted straight right counter from Olson misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock tries to clinch
and Olson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Rock drives through and clinches with Olson against the cage.
Olson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Olson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock working Olson over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olson dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Rock landing knees to the body.
Olson misses with an elbow strike.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
Olson blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Olson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Olson blocks the elbow strike.
Olson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock lands an elbow that stopped Olson in his tracks for a moment.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Rock lands an elbow that stopped Olson in his tracks for a moment.
Olson blocks the elbow strike.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Olson shrugs off.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rock obliges.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olson.
Rock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rock lands an elbow just above Olson 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olson takes an elbow to the temple.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Olson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Olson is rocked!
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oh Olson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Olson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lyle Rock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rock throws an elbow but it misses.
Rock lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rock obliges.
Rock lands a nice elbow.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Olson shrugs off.
Rock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Olson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Olson shrugs off.
Rock working Olson over with knees to the body.
Olson blocks an elbow strike.
Rock has Olson pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Olson is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Rock - that's hurt Olson badly! Oh, another knee lands and Olson is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Olson doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Lyle Rock!