PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jerry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Olson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jerry
vs
Olson

190 cm
21
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
275 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Jerry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Olson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jerry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jerry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Kevin Olson has been cut.
Jerry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olson.
Jerry throws a nice looking combination but Olson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Olson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Olson throws a shot from downtown. Jerry moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Olson.
Jerry ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
Olson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Olson moves into the clinch.

Olson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olson misses the jab.
Jerry wants to clinch.
Olson throws a hook but Jerry blocks it.
Jerry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Jerry.
Olson loads up on a big right hand but Jerry slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olson throws a hook to the side of Jerry's head but Jerry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot by Olson.
Olson looks to land a left hand but Jerry moved out of range nicely.
Olson wants to clinch up but Jerry keeps it at a distance.
Jerry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Olson misses its intended target.
Jerry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Olson looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jerry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Olson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Olson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jerry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Olson's sensitive parts.
Jerry tries to clinch but Olson moves out of range.
Jerry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jerry is looking to clinch.

Jerry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jerry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jerry is landing with some decent strikes but Olson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olson is in a horrible position here. Jerry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Olson tries to buck Jerry off but he can't manage it.
Jerry can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Olson is looking to escape.
Olson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jerry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Olson is bucking up trying to escape but Jerry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Olson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jerry with shots to the head and body - Olson looks very uncomfortable down there.

Jerry working for a guillotine from mount but Olson is in no mood to give up.
Olson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jerry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jerry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jerry punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jerry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jerry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jerry with the ground and pound from mount.
Jerry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
You get the feeling that Olson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Olson is in a horrible position here. Jerry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jerry lands a heavy elbow.
Jerry working the ground and pound effectively.
Jerry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jerry landing punches.
Jerry working the ground and pound effectively.
Jerry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Olson hang on?
Jerry cracks Olson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jerry lands a big elbow.
Jerry trying to control but Olson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Jerry looking to control but Olson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jerry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Olson's face.
Jerry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jerry unloading with bombs!
Jerry with good strikes from the mount here!
Jerry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jerry lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jerry cracks Olson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Olson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jerry content just to control the position here.
Olson is in a horrible position here. Jerry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Jerry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Olson tries to keep at a distance but Jerry has taken the fight into the clinch.

Olson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Olson as Jerry shoots in.
Jerry ducks under a wild hook from Olson.
Ben Jerry is winning the standup battle so far.
Olson throws a hook but Jerry blocks it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jerry here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jerry, right into the meat.
Jerry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jerry tries to clinch but Olson moves out of range.
Jerry wants to clinch up but Olson keeps it at a distance.
Olson misses with a hook. Jerry ducked under it nicely.
Jerry moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Jerry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Jerry connects with a couple of short punches.
Jerry stands up over Olson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jerry 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jerry is pushing down on Olson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Olson is fighting to maintain full guard but Jerry has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jerry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jerry working Olson over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jerry connects with a nice short shot to Olson's temple.
Jerry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jerry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Olson is looking to escape.

Jerry postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Olson to stand up.
Jerry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jerry doesn't manage to clinch there - Olson circles away.

Jerry has Olson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jerry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jerry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jerry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jerry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jerry!
Jerry lands with a nice combination. Olson backs away looking to recover.
Jerry is looking to clinch but Olson is avoiding it.
Olson stuffs the takedown attempt from Jerry. Jerry gets slowly back to his feet.
Olson misses with a straight left.
Jerry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Olson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jerry is looking to clinch but Olson is avoiding it.
Jerry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Olson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jerry throws a push kick but Olson slaps the foot to one side.
Jerry closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Jerry.
Olson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jerry throws a one two combo.
Jerry clobbers Olson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Olson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jerry.
Kevin Olson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olson throws a hook but Jerry avoids it easily.
Jerry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jerry.
Olson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jerry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Olson misses.
Olson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jerry shoots in and drives through. Olson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Jerry. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jerry shoots in and drives through. Olson sprawls well.
Olson looks to land a left hand but Jerry moved out of range nicely.
Jerry slips a jab from Olson.
Jerry is looking to clinch but Olson is avoiding it.
Jerry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olson can do to turn this around?
Jerry works Olson's body with a nice hook.
Olson keeps the fight on the outside.
Olson moves in looking to clinch but Jerry pushes him off.
Jerry moves in looking to clinch but Olson pushes him off.
Olson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danga de danga de dang - Jerry scores with a four punch combination!
Jerry lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
A nice combination there by Jerry.
Ben Jerry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jerry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Jerry dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Horrible takedown by Jerry or perhaps it was just good defense by Olson which made him look bad.
Jerry lands with a nice combination. Olson backs away looking to recover.
Jerry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Olson throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Olson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Olson misses the jab.

Olson has managed to clinch.
Jerry is looking to break free of the clinch but Olson has double underhooks.
Jerry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jerry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Olson scores with a shot to the side of Jerry's head.
Jerry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Olson blocks an uppercut.

Olson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jerry fails with a takedown attempt.
Jerry chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olson.
Jerry scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jerry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jerry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Olson's waist but Olson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jerry off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Jerry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jerry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jerry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jerry throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jerry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jerry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Olson circles away.
Olson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Olson throws an overhand right that lands on Jerry's shoulder, as Jerry tries to avoid the shot.
Olson is looking to clinch but Jerry is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jerry connects with a single shot there.
Jerry is looking to clinch.
Olson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jerry fails to land the takedown.
Jerry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Jerry.
The crowd cheers as Jerry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Olson doesn't seem phased though.
Jerry is looking to clinch.

Jerry looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jerry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jerry landing some decent shots from guard.
Olson wants to stand up but Jerry is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jerry working some strikes from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jerry throws a leg kick which misses Olson's front leg but catches the back leg as Olson tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jerry. That's going to slow Olson down.
An inside leg kick lands from Jerry.
Jerry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jerry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jerry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Olson as Jerry shoots in.
Jerry throws a low kick, looking for Olson's leg but Olson calmly moves out of range.
A slow jab from Olson misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Olson misses the target.
Jerry punishes Olson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jerry scoring well with a low kick there.
Jerry is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jerry cracks the inside of Olson's front leg.
Jerry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kevin Olson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Olson misses with a straight right.
Jerry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olson.
Olson throws a shot from downtown. Jerry moves away and avoids it.

Jerry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jerry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ben Jerry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jerry lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Jerry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jerry 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Jerry!