PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darnell Olson (ranked 6929 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rinha Lost (ranked 5238 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Olson
vs
Lost

218 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Darnell Olson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rinha Lost!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lost lands a nice shot to the body.

Lost instigates a clinch.
Lost displaying some good clinch control by pressing Olson up against the cage.

Lost is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Olson can't fight it off and eventually Lost manages to take the fight to the floor. Olson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Lost drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lost jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lost seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lost postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olson working a defensive guard here.
Lost looking to pass the guard.
Lost in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lost forces his way into half guard.
Lost is stalling here. Olson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Lost seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Olson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Lost explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olson tries to clinch up but Lost circles away and keeps his distance.
Lost tries for a takedown but Olson circles away easily
and Olson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Olson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lost is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Lost shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Olson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lost looking to sit in guard and control but Olson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Olson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Olson stands up from Lost's guard - Olson perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rinha Lost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lost closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Olson is breathing heavily.
Lost working the body and head with strikes.

Lost tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Olson tries to improve position but can't.
Lost lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Olson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Lost there.
Lost stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olson is not content to let Lost control the position.
Olson wants to control the action here but instead Lost manages to pass to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rinha Lost dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A slow jab from Lost misses its intended target.

Lost dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Olson has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rinha Lost!