PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Ronny Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lars Ronny Olsen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jackson
vs
Ronny Olsen

174 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
24
182 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leon Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Ronny Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Lars Ronny Olsen has been cut.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Olsen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Olsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olsen lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Olsen.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Olsen is controlling the position.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Olsen lands a damaging elbow.
Olsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Olsen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jackson takes a knee to the side of 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!
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Olsen has double underhooks.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Olsen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Olsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olsen throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Olsen effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Olsen has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Olsen is controlling him.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Leon Jackson has been cut.
Nice elbow from Olsen.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
Olsen controlling the action here for a moment.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Olsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
Olsen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Olsen lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson is trying to push Olsen away but Olsen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.

Olsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Olsen with a nice cross.
Olsen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen slips a straight right by Jackson.
Olsen tries to clinch up.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Olsen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Olsen tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson throws a body punch but Olsen moves out of range.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Olsen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Olsen wants to clinch.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Ronny Olsen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Olsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Jackson throws a lazy uppercut
and Olsen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson lands a nice looking body shot.
Leon Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Olsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olsen tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olsen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Olsen tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Olsen moves away and avoids it.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Olsen counters with an outside leg kick.
Olsen tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.

Jackson tries to keep at a distance but Olsen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Olsen prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Olsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Olsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Olsen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Olsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jackson's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson tries to break free but Olsen pushes him back against the cage.
Olsen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Olsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olsen lands an elbow inside.
Jackson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Olsen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Olsen is controlling him.
Olsen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.
Olsen throws an elbow but it misses.
Olsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Olsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Olsen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Olsen lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Lars Ronny Olsen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Olsen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olsen lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Olsen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Olsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Olsen lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Ronny Olsen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jackson misses with a looping left.
Jackson tries to clinch

and Olsen moves into the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.
Olsen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Olsen lands a damaging elbow.
Olsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Olsen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Olsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
Olsen lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Olsen.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike from Olsen.
Olsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olsen throws an elbow that misses.
Olsen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Olsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
Jackson wants to break free but Olsen has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Olsen.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Olsen keeps him there for the moment.
Olsen lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Olsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Olsen leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen throws an elbow that misses.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.
Jackson avoids the elbow strike from Olsen, against the cage.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Olsen won't allow it.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Olsen.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson avoiding damage as Olsen throws knees to the body.
Olsen lands a damaging elbow.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Olsen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson avoiding damage as Olsen throws knees to the body.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Olsen keeps him there for the moment.
Olsen trying to land knees to the body.
Olsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Olsen working Jackson over with knees to the body.
Olsen prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Olsen missing with knees to the body.
Olsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olsen missing with knees to the body.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olsen lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Olsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Olsen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lars Ronny Olsen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Olsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Leon Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Ronny Olsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Olsen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight for Lars Ronny Olsen!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Lars Ronny Olsen!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Lars Ronny Olsen!

Lars Ronny Olsen wins by unanimous decision!