PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samm Mah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Olbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mah's entrance music is Fuck You Lucy - Atmosphere. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mah
vs
Olbo

178 cm
24
167 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

184 cm
26
150 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samm Mah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Olbo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mah with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Olbo looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Mah thumps Olbo with a low kick.
A left lands for Mah.
Olbo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mah throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
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!
Mah lands a nice looking body shot.
Olbo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mah can pounce on him.
Olbo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mah scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the liver by Mah. Beautiful body shot.

Mah closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Mah.
Mah scores with a hook to the body.
Mah pushes Olbo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mah scores with a hook to the body.
Mah digs a right hand underneath Olbo's ribcage. Olbo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mah digs a right hand into Olbo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Olbo's gas tank.
Mah digs a right hand underneath Olbo's ribcage. Olbo let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mah is working Olbo over against the cage.
Mah effectively controlling the action here.
Mah lands a body shot.
Mah lands a hook that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Mah pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Mah on the inside.
Mah pushes Olbo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mah is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mah stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Mah.
Mah leaning against his opponent.
Mah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olbo or not.
Mah gets through Olbo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Mah manages to break the clinch.
Mah smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Kevin Olbo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mah lands with a shot to the body.
Mah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mah ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Olbo.
Mah cracks the inside of Olbo's front leg.
Mah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Olbo doesn't seem bothered though.
Mah with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mah.
Mah scores with a body shot.
Olbo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olbo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mah.
Mah throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Olbo on the side of the head.
A nice combination there by Mah.

Olbo gets caught flat footed, as Mah shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Olbo's head.
Mah passes Olbo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mah is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mah sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mah works his way into side control.
Mah has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Olbo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mah lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mah pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mah scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Olbo?
Mah with a couple of short strikes.
Mah with good strikes from the mount here!
Olbo is desperately trying to improve his position but Mah has a good base and remains in mount.
Mah punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mah lands a big shot there that rocks Olbo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mah fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mah controlling from the full mount.
Mah has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Olbo's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samm Mah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olbo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mah lands a nice shot to the body.
Mah throws a leg kick which misses Olbo's front leg but catches the back leg as Olbo tries to avoid it.
Mah getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mah is looking to wear down Olbo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kevin Olbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mah throws a head kick that half lands.
Mah is looking to slow Olbo down with leg kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mah.
A jab from Mah finds it's way through Olbo's defenses.
Olbo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mah. Mah obviously looking to wear him down.
Mah scores with a three punch combo!
Mah lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Samm Mah is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mah lands a nice looking body kick.
A lazy left from Mah finds it's target.
Mah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mah lands a nice shot to the body.
Kevin Olbo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Mah.
Mah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mah.
Mah lands with an uppercut that bounces Olbo off the cage and back into rage.

Mah decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mah looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Olbo is trying to get back to full guard.
Mah working Olbo over with strikes.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Olbo wants to get back to full guard but Mah has mounted him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mah lands a nice shot to the head.
Mah fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mah scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mah controlling the pace for now.
Olbo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Olbo can't escape the position.
Mah lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Olbo hang on?
Mah breaks from Olbo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Samm Mah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mah controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mah prevents Olbo from getting the reversal.
Mah fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mah working the ground and pound effectively.
Mah scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mah sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mah scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Olbo?
Mah pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olbo can do to turn this around?
Mah content just to control the position here.
Mah lands a heavy elbow.
Mah has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mah is landing with some decent strikes but Olbo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mah lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Olbo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That has opened up Kevin Olbo's cut even more.
Mah lands a big shot there that rocks Olbo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samm Mah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olbo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mah with a hook.
Olbo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mah scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

The cut above Kevin Olbo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Olbo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mah, right into the meat.
Mah connects with a solid leg kick.
Olbo walks into a stiff left hand from Mah.
Mah throws a head kick that Olbo semi-blocks.

Olbo is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mah turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right-left combo lands from Mah.

Kevin Olbo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

Mah pushes Olbo up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mah.
Mah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Mah has picked Olbo up - he's going for a ride! Mah dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mah looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Olbo wants to get back to full guard but Mah has passed into side control.
Olbo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Olbo taking shots to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kevin Olbo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samm Mah!