PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Olof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sol sunday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olof comes to the cage accompanied by I am a poor lonesome cowboy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Olof
vs
sunday

169 cm
26
140 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

165 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, John Olof!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, sol sunday!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olof throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Olof rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but sunday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olof lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sunday circles away quickly and effectively.
Olof fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Olof throws a series of punches but sunday avoids them all with ease.
Olof throws a nice looking combination but sunday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Olof fails to land the takedown.
sunday is trying hard to land a takedown here. Olof sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
sunday throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

sunday shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

sunday wants to work for an arm triangle but Olof is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Olof is defending against the submission attempts here by sunday.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sunday is looking to stall here but Olof recovers full guard.

sunday drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Olof dives on top into guard.
sunday trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Olof knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for sunday on the ground.

sunday working for submissions but it's allowed Olof to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
sunday is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Olof scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sunday manages to get to full guard.
sunday working a defensive guard but Olof manages to pass into side control anyway.
sunday is looking to reverse the position.
Olof working away.
sunday being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olof seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down sunday for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
sunday is trying to get back to half guard.
sunday misses with an elbow from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Olof is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Olof clinches with his opponent.

Olof manages to break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Olof doesn't manage to clinch there - sunday circles away.
Olof looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Olof clinches.

Olof manages to break the clinch.
sunday slips a jab from Olof.

sunday closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Olof did well to prevent sunday getting side control.

sunday is working for a kimura but Olof is defending it quite comfortably.

sunday seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Olof has recovered full guard.
sunday stands and throws Olof's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but sol sunday will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Olof throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Olof throws a series of punches but sunday avoids them all with ease.
Olof tests sunday's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like sol sunday has been cut.

Olof closes the distance and pushes sunday back into the cage.

Olof's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Olof throws a right hand that sunday ducks under and follows up with a left that sunday also avoids with ease.
Olof throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Olof swinging wildly here.
Olof misses with an attempted mid kick.
Olof throws a half hearted mid kick.
sunday shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Olof pinned against the cage. Olof gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

sunday scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sunday throwing strikes but Olof manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
sunday is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Olof is trying to control the action in half guard but sunday is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Olof is thwarting sunday's attempts to control the position.
Olof winds up and cracks sunday with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olof controlling the action here.

sunday looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

sunday looking for submissions off his back.

Olof stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows sunday to get to his feet.
Olof misses with a head kick.
Olof lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as sunday backs up against the cage.

Olof shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
sunday wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
sunday tries to hold on but Olof postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sunday is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Olof tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
sunday wants to control but Olof is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Olof trying to control but sunday is having none of it.
sunday really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Olof controlling his opponent.
sunday's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
sunday really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Olof dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on sol sunday's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Olof lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sunday circles away quickly and effectively.
sunday shoots in for a takedown but Olof shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Olof looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

sunday manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Olof fails to land with a series of punches.
sunday avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from sunday is defended easily by Olof.
Olof looks to land a combination but sunday avoids it well.
sunday on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Olof does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
sunday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Olof.
Some wild striking there from sunday.
A bone on bone clash there as sunday blocks the leg kick.
sunday misses with a two punch combination.
Olof tries to clinch up but sunday circles away and keeps his distance.
Olof rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but sunday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olof shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has sunday pinned against the cage. sunday gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
sunday scoring well with a low kick there.
Olof throws a sloppy head kick and sunday moves out of range easily.
Olof throws a right hand that sunday ducks under and follows up with a left that sunday also avoids with ease.

sunday closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

sunday tries for a kimura but Olof is defending well.

sunday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Olof is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
sunday wants to control but Olof is keeping him busy.
Olof is trying to get back to his feet.
Olof wants to control but sunday postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sunday misses with the ground and pound.
Olof is not content to let sunday control the position.

sunday swings around for an armbar but Olof sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into sunday's guard.
Olof tries to stand but sunday is controlling from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Olof throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
sunday cracks the inside of Olof's front leg.
Olof rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but sunday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olof misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olof rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but sunday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
John Olof seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olof lands a jab-cross combination.

sunday gets a takedown into half guard.
sunday seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Olof is trying to stand.
sunday looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to sol sunday.
I think sunday has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!