PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Olhoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tziako Phaiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Olhoffer
vs
Phaiz

225 cm
33
277 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

198 cm
21
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Olhoffer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tziako Phaiz!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olhoffer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phaiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olhoffer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olhoffer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Phaiz.

Phaiz clinches with his opponent.
Olhoffer managing to block the knees to the body from Phaiz.
Phaiz has Olhoffer pushed against the cage.
Phaiz is trying to maintain a safe position but Olhoffer gets an underhook and turns Phaiz into the cage.
Phaiz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Olhoffer is trying to break free.
Phaiz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Phaiz misses with an elbow strike.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch but Phaiz keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Phaiz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Phaiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Olhoffer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Phaiz has Olhoffer pushed against the cage.
Olhoffer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olhoffer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phaiz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Ray Olhoffer has been cut.
Phaiz misses with a knee strike.
Phaiz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Olhoffer is trying to break free.
Phaiz looking to throw knees to the head but Olhoffer is blocking nicely.
Come on Phaiz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Phaiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch but Phaiz keeps him there for the moment.
Olhoffer is looking to break free of the clinch but Phaiz has double underhooks.
Phaiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olhoffer avoids it.
Olhoffer is trying to break the clinch but Phaiz is controlling him.
Phaiz prevents Olhoffer from breaking the clinch.
Phaiz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Phaiz misses with a knee to the head.
Phaiz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Phaiz tries to land a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks with his arms.
Olhoffer avoiding damage as Phaiz throws knees to the body.
Phaiz tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
Olhoffer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Phaiz lands an elbow just above Olhoffer 's eye.
A frustrated look appears on Olhoffer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Olhoffer wants to break free but Phaiz has control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phaiz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olhoffer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Phaiz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Olhoffer scores with a shoulder strike.
Olhoffer tries to circle away but Phaiz has him pinned against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Olhoffer as Phaiz tries to tie him up.
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phaiz lands an elbow just above Olhoffer 's eye.
Phaiz is struggling to control the position.
Phaiz throws an elbow that misses.
Phaiz lands an elbow inside.
Olhoffer is trying to push Phaiz away but Phaiz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olhoffer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phaiz is looking to control Olhoffer's arms but Olhoffer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Phaiz has his back to the cage.
Phaiz lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Olhoffer managing to block the knees to the body from Phaiz.
Olhoffer wants to break free but Phaiz has control.
Phaiz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olhoffer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Phaiz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Olhoffer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phaiz has him pressed against the cage.
Phaiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Phaiz has Olhoffer pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phaiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olhoffer takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olhoffer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phaiz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olhoffer's defenses.
Phaiz wants to stall.
Phaiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Olhoffer's efforts to push away.
Olhoffer stalling the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Phaiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olhoffer's brow.
Phaiz is stalling here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phaiz tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
Phaiz stalling in the clinch but Olhoffer improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tziako Phaiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Olhoffer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Phaiz throws a leg kick but Olhoffer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Phaiz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ray Olhoffer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Olhoffer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Olhoffer connects with a looping right hand.
Phaiz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Olhoffer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Phaiz darts in and clinches Olhoffer up against the cage.
Phaiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Phaiz throws an elbow but misses.
Phaiz misses with a knee to the head.
Olhoffer tries to break free but Phaiz pushes him back against the cage.
Olhoffer tries to break the clinch but Phaiz is controlling the position.
Phaiz slowing the pace effectively.
Phaiz is trying to maintain a safe position but Olhoffer gets an underhook and turns Phaiz into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olhoffer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olhoffer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Phaiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Olhoffer trying to stall but Phaiz improves his position.
Phaiz stalling in the clinch.
Phaiz trying to stall but Olhoffer improves his position.
Olhoffer has a couple of punches blocked by Phaiz.

Olhoffer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phaiz scoring well with a low kick there.

Phaiz clinches with his opponent.
Phaiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Olhoffer avoids the damage to the body.
Phaiz stalling against the cage.
Olhoffer avoids the elbow strike from Phaiz, against the cage.
Olhoffer lands a shoulder strike.
Tziako Phaiz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phaiz looking to throw knees to the head but Olhoffer is blocking nicely.
Phaiz tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
Phaiz keeps control of Olhoffer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Phaiz tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Olhoffer tries a body shot but Phaiz blocks it.
Phaiz lands a nice knee 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!
Olhoffer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phaiz has him pressed against the cage.
Phaiz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Olhoffer is trying to force a seperation but Phaiz has the dominant position.
Phaiz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Olhoffer is trying to break the clinch but Phaiz is controlling him.
Phaiz misses with a knee strike.
Olhoffer is looking to break free of the clinch but Phaiz has double underhooks.
Olhoffer tries to work over Phaiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phaiz lands a knee to the head.
Olhoffer wants to break free but Phaiz has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Olhoffer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Phaiz trying to control the position but instead, Olhoffer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Phaiz into the cage.
Phaiz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Phaiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phaiz leaning against his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phaiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Phaiz tries to land a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks with his arms.
Phaiz lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
Phaiz connects with a knee to the head.

Ray Olhoffer's cut is getting worse.
Phaiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Phaiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phaiz blocks an uppercut.
Olhoffer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Phaiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olhoffer avoiding damage as Phaiz throws knees to the body.
Phaiz tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
Phaiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Olhoffer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phaiz tries to clinch but Olhoffer moves out of range.
Phaiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olhoffer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phaiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Olhoffer throws out a powerful jab.
Olhoffer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tziako Phaiz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ray Olhoffer'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. And we move into the final round!

Olhoffer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phaiz circles away quickly and effectively.
Tziako Phaiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olhoffer moves out of range of the strikes.
Olhoffer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Phaiz misses with a head kick.
Olhoffer digs a good body shot into Phaiz's ribs.
Phaiz throws a head kick that misses.
Olhoffer is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Phaiz flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Phaiz is out cold! Olhoffer holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ray Olhoffer!
A very excited looking Ray Olhoffer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.