PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bman Olot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olot has chosen Bad Blood as his entrance music. Bman Olot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dean
vs
Olot

175 cm
26
183 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
178 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Highland Clothing

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sam Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bman Olot!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Dean misses the target.
Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Olot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olot wants to clinch.

Olot has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dean digs a right hand into Olot's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Olot's gas tank.
Dean avoiding damage as Olot throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Olot fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olot throws an elbow but misses.
Olot lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Sam Dean has been cut.
Olot scores a nice knee to the body.
Olot misses with an elbow strike.
Olot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olot lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dean wants to get back to striking at distance but Olot won't allow it.
Dean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Olot lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Olot.
Olot lands a nice elbow.
Dean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dean.
Dean tries to circle away but Olot has him pinned against the cage.
Dean avoids a wild elbow strike from Olot.
Olot tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Olot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dean's elbow.
Olot lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Olot.
Dean is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olot looking to stall.
Olot looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Olot leaning against his opponent.
Olot will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dean up against the cage.
Dean taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Olot connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dean's face.

Sam Dean's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Olot keeps control of Dean as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Dean fails to land.
Olot throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean scores with a shot to the side of Olot's head.
Dean has Olot pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Olot.
Dean doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Olot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Olot - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Olot's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Olot lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sam Dean's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dean tries to break the clinch but Olot is controlling the position.
Dean lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dean is trying to force a seperation but Olot has the dominant position.
Dean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dean working hard to break the clinch.
Dean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olot misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olot throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Dean blocks an elbow strike from Olot.
Olot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dean is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dean.

Dean breaks the clinch.
Dean keeps the fight on the outside.

Olot darts in and clinches Dean up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olot prevents a body shot from Dean.
Olot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Olot tries to throw a body punch but Dean avoids it by throwing Olot back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Dean as the two fighters clinch.
Olot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dean just leaning against Olot, taking a breather.
Dean blocks the elbow strike.
Olot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dean blocks an elbow strike from Olot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bman Olot dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Dean's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Olot clinches up against the cage.
Olot has Dean pressed against the cage, preventing Dean from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dean takes an elbow to the temple.
Olot pushes off an throws an elbow but Dean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dean lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Olot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Olot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olot missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dean as Olot tries to tie him up.
Olot is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Olot trying to stall but Dean improves his position.
Olot misses with an elbow over the top.
Olot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olot taking a breather.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Olot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bman Olot seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olot lands a damaging elbow.
Olot tries to land knees in the clinch but Dean avoids the damage to the body.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
Dean can't break the clinch.
Olot looking to slow down the pace here.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Dean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Olot lands an elbow inside that Dean shrugs off.

Jeez, Sam Dean's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Olot controls his hands.
Olot pushes off an throws an elbow but Dean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dean stalls.
Olot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Olot wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Nice body punch from Dean - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
Dean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dean is trying to push Olot away but Olot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Olot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dean's efforts to push away.
Olot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dean avoids it.
Olot trying to control the position but instead, Dean has worked for underhooks and has pushed Olot into the cage.
A short uppercut from Dean.
Dean misses with some punches.
A short right from Dean.
Olot gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dean managing to block the knees to the body from Olot.
Olot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olot misses with an elbow over the top.
Olot blocks a body shot from Dean.
Olot has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dean seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Olot can turn it around.
Olot lands a nice elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bman Olot!
Our winner, Bman Olot, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.