PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halo Olah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Fietsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luca Fietsora will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Olah
vs
Fietsora

199 cm
33
277 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

194 cm
30
242 lbs
17 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

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 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Halo Olah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Luca Fietsora!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olah darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fietsora connects with an inside leg kick.

Olah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Olah manages to break the clinch.
Fietsora jabs at Olah's body.
Fietsora shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Olah tries to clinch but Fietsora is having none of it.

Olah clinches up with Fietsora and pushes him back against the ropes.
Olah with a knee to the head.
Olah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've been informed that Fietsora has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Olah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fietsora backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Olah.
Fietsora pushes Olah back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Fietsora breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fietsora fails to land with a series of punches.

Olah moves into range and clinches up with Fietsora.
Fietsora is trying to force a seperation but Olah has the dominant position.

Olah successfully pulls guard.
Fietsora trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olah keeping moving, preventing Fietsora from controlling successfully.

Olah had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fietsora defends it easily.

Olah throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fietsora tries to stand but Olah is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fietsora trying to control the position from guard on top but Olah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Olah has an active guard here but Fietsora has managed to pass into half guard.
Olah is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fietsora in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olah trying to control but Fietsora postures up.
Olah tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Fietsora has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Olah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fietsora trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Olah bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Olah stays in close to Fietsora's body and controls the position.
Olah tries to free his leg and advance position but Fietsora is retaining full guard.
Fietsora trying to control the position.
Fietsora keeping moving, preventing Olah from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olah throwing strikes but missing.
Fietsora utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Halo Olah dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fietsora swats away the attempt to clinch by Olah.
Olah tries to close the distance and clinch but Fietsora swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olah is looking to clinch.
Olah tries to clinch but Fietsora moves out of range.
Olah wants to slow Fietsora down by chopping away at his legs.
Olah tries to clinch there but Fietsora circles away.
Fietsora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Olah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fietsora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Olah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fietsora counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fietsora throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Olah counter with a right hand.
Fietsora tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot lands for Olah.
Olah falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fietsora counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fietsora looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora misses with a hook.
Olah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fietsora finds it's way round the side to connect with Olah's head.
Fietsora misses with a body shot.
As Fietsora looks to move away, Olah throws a big counter combo but Fietsora just gets out of the way.
Olah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fietsora is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fietsora takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fietsora circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olah misses with a hook
and Fietsora connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Olah tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fietsora manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olah misses with a left hand
and Fietsora counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Olah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fietsora appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fietsora lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Olah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Olah tries to clinch up.
Fietsora wants to clinch up but Olah keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Olah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fietsora throws a nice inside leg kick.
Olah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fietsora counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fietsora throws a hook to the side of Olah's head but Olah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fietsora ducks under a wild hook from Olah.
Fietsora jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fietsora uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olah.

Fietsora cracks Olah with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Olah looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Fietsora finish him?

Olah is rocked!

It looks like Halo Olah has been cut.
Fietsora avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fietsora misses with a double jab
letting Olah counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Olahs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh Olah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Olah throws a lazy uppercut
and Fietsora counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olah seems to have got his legs back now.

Olah has Fietsora up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fietsora lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fietsora blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fietsora tries to throw a body punch but Olah avoids it by throwing Fietsora back against the ropes.
Fietsora is trying to break the clinch but Olah has him pressed against the ropes.
Fietsora misses with the head strike.
Olah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Olah has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Olah misses with a knee strike.
Fietsora lands with a left to the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Fietsora. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fietsora can't find room to land a body shot as Olah controls the action.
Olah throws a head punch that misses.
Fietsora misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fietsora misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fietsora misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Fietsora.
Olah lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fietsora throws a head punch that misses.
Olah tries to land knees in the clinch but Fietsora avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Fietsora.
Olah blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Fietsora's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fietsora tries to clinch up but Olah circles away and keeps his distance.
Olah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fietsora has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fietsora cracks the inside of Olah's front leg.
Olah closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Olah misses with a left hand
and Fietsora counters with an outside leg kick.
Olah gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fietsora.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olah scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Fietsora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Halo Olah's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fietsora clinches with his opponent.
Fietsora blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Olah misses with some punches.
Fietsora lands a body punch in the clinch.
Olah misses with a punch on the inside.

Fietsora breaks from the clinch.
Olah takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Olah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Fietsora.
Fietsora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olah darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Fietsora finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fietsora lands with a nice body punch.
Fietsora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fietsora lands a left and a right that send Olah crashing to the mat, dazed. Fietsora thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olah tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fietsora manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fietsora misses with the combination.
Olah was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Some wild striking there from Fietsora.

Olah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fietsora misses with a punch on the inside.
Fietsora misses with a punch on the inside.
Olah tries to work over Fietsora's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fietsora.
Olah is trying to pull guard but Fietsora has him pressed against the ropes.
Olah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fietsora lands a body shot in the clinch.
Olah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fietsora throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olahs head.
Olah is trying to pull guard but Fietsora turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Fietsora fails to land.
Olah prevents a body shot from Fietsora.
Olah wants to stall.
Halo Olah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Olah misses with a punch to the body.
Fietsora lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fietsora misses with the head strike.
Fietsora blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olah prevents a body shot from Fietsora.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fietsora lands with a light punch inside.
Fietsora misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fietsora has a couple of punches blocked by Olah.
Fietsora lands a body shot.
Fietsora is leaning against Olah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fietsora doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olah lands with a short shot to the head.

Olah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fietsora gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Olah counters with a nice uppercut.
Fietsora lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Olah takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Fietsora clinches up against the ropes.
Olah is trying to pull guard but Fietsora has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Halo Olah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fietsora working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Fietsora.
Fietsora misses with some punches.
Fietsora lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Fietsora drops Olah onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Olah is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fietsora throws a punch but it's blocked by Olah.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fietsora.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fietsora.
A right handed body shot lands from Fietsora.
Olah struggles to land a body shot inside as Fietsora controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Fietsora.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fietsora.
Fietsora lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fietsora creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Olah's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Olah drops to his knees and Fietsora pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Fietsora!
Luca Fietsora thanked the fans post fight for their support.