PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herman Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arni Olofson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by F**king Hostile. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holmes
vs
Olofson

213 cm
26
285 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

225 cm
27
300 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herman Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arni Olofson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Olofson does it's job there.
Olofson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Holmes's head.
Donk. Olofson catches Holmes right on the button with a cross.
Olofson slips a jab from Holmes.
Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olofson.
Olofson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Olofson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olofson misses with a body kick.
Holmes looks to score with a jab to the body but Olofson is just out of range.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Olofson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Olofson looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Holmes swings for the body but Olofson moves out of range.
Holmes slips a jab from Olofson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olofson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Olofson looks to throw the jab but Holmes is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Holmes.
Olofson lands with a hook. Holmes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Olofson looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Holmes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Arni Olofson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olofson throws a head kick that misses.
A slow jab from Olofson misses its intended target.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olofson.
Olofson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Olofson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olofson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holmes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Olofson tries to work over Holmes's front leg with a kick but Holmes checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Olofson lands a jab to the nose.
Holmes thows a body shot but no joy.
Holmes throws a hook to the side of Olofson's head but Olofson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Olofson throws a jab but it's blocked by Holmes.
A swing and a miss from Olofson.
Olofson swings widly with a right hand
and Olofson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olofson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Olofson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Holmes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Olofson in his tracks.
Olofson misses with an uppercut
and Holmes counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Olofson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Holmes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olofson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Olofson misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Holmes checks a leg kick.
Olofson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Holmes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olofson.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
Olofson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olofson takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Olofson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Holmes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Olofson.
Olofson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holmes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Holmes staying out of range there.
Olofson throws an overhand right that lands on Holmes's shoulder, as Holmes tries to avoid the shot.
Holmes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Olofson misses with a body shot.
That kick from Holmes tenderised Olofson's leg. Olofson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Olofson looks gassed!
Nice defenses there by Holmes.
Nice defenses there by Holmes.
Olofson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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.
Olofson lands with an overhand left.
Olofson throws a head kick but Holmes moves out of range.
Olofson misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arni Olofson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Olofson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Olofson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Holmes.
Olofson throws an off balance right hand
and Holmes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Olofson takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Olofson throws a leg kick but Holmes checks it.
Olofson just misses with a punch to the body.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Holmes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olofson circles away quickly and effectively.
Holmes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holmes lands a nice shot 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!
Olofson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holmes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olofson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holmes just misses with a punch to the body.
Olofson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holmes. Olofson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Olofson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Holmes finds it's way through Olofson's defenses.
Holmes is looking to wear down Olofson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Holmes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Olofson misses with a wild body shot.
Olofson avoids the body shot from Holmes.
Olofson misses with a body punch
letting Holmes counter with a right hand.
Holmes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Olofson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olofson misses with a low kick.
Holmes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Olofson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Holmes counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holmes lands a head kick. Olofson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Olofson takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Olofson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Olofson throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Olofson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Holmes lands with a straight right. Olofson didn't see that one coming.
Olofson misses with a left hand
and Holmes counters with a low kick, right behind Olofson 's knee.
A big right from Olofson misses.
Holmes is looking to slow Olofson down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws a jab but it's blocked by Olofson.
Holmes throws a shot from downtown. Olofson moves away and avoids it.
Holmes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Olofson moves out of range of the body kick.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olofson.
Holmes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Holmes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Olofson swings widly with a right hand
and Olofson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holmes looks to land a combination but Olofson avoids it well.
Olofson wants to land a leg kick but Holmes is out of range.
No joy there for Olofson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olofson takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Holmes slips under a jab.
Olofson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Holmes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Olofson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Holmes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Olofson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holmes.
Holmes throws a lazy right hand but Olofson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Holmes takes a swing at Olofson's ribcage but misses.
Olofson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olofson throws a leg kick
and Holmes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olofson misses with a shot to the body
and Holmes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holmes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Holmes dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Olofson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Holmes at a distance.
Olofson misses with a straight left.
Holmes blocks a leg kick.
Olofson misses with a hook to the body
and Holmes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Olofson misses with a hook. Holmes ducked under it nicely.
Olofson just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A combination from Holmes does no damage.
Holmes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Olofson slips under a jab from Holmes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes moves away from the strike by Olofson.
Holmes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Olofson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Holmes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olofson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holmes tests Olofson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Olofson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Holmes lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
Olofson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holmes.
Olofson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Olofson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Olofson throws a front kick aimed at Holmes's knee but Holmes avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olofson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Holmes.
Olofson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Olofson dips to his left and cracks Holmes with an uppercut!
Holmes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Olofson throws a big shot that misses.
Olofson throws a big shot that misses.
Olofson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holmes.
Herman Holmes is winning the standup battle so far.
Olofson walks into a straight right hand from Holmes.
Olofson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Holmes walks into a straight right hand from Olofson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olofson thuds a left hand into Holmes's body.
A jab from Olofson misses.
Holmes slips under a jab.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olofson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Holmes defending well as Olofson loads up on a big left hand.
Olofson blocks a jab.
Olofson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Holmes is out of range and Olofson settles back down.
Olofson throws a leg kick but Holmes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A shot to the body from Olofson misses
and Holmes counters with a stiff right hand.
Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olofson.
Olofson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olofson looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Olofson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Olofson checks the leg kick.
Holmes moves away from the strike by Olofson.
Olofson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Holmes counters with a good low kick that Olofson was not able to check.
Holmes connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes throws a right and a left that Olofson avoids nicely.
Olofson misses with a left hand
and Holmes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holmes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Olofson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Holmes scores with a head kick. Olofson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Holmes thows a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herman Holmes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Holmes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Holmes!