PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabrijel Bozic (ranked 174 p4p, 163 weight class) and Kjetil Olsen (ranked 27 p4p, 25 weight class). Olsen has chosen Tubthumping by Chumbawamba as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gabrijel Bozic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bozic
vs
Olsen

198 cm
28
265
15 - 7 - 0

225 cm
35
275
38 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabrijel Bozic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjetil Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bozic misses with a left hand
and Olsen counters with a nice body shot.
Olsen misses with a hook. Bozic ducked under it nicely.
Bozic throws a poor cross that misses
and Olsen counters with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bozic. Olsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Olsen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bozic with a body shot.
Olsen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Olsen throws a hook to the side of Bozic's head but Bozic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Bozic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Olsen.
Olsen misses with a straight left.
Bozic lands a jab to Olsen's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olsen misses with an uppercut. Bozic saw that one coming.
Olsen misses with a body shot.
Olsen misses with a shot to the body
and Bozic counters with a good, hard body kick but Olsen shrugs it off.
Bozic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bozic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Kjetil Olsen has been cut.
Bozic throws a lazy uppercut
and Olsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bozic misses with a hook to the body
and Olsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bozic feints and then cracks Olsen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Olsen down.
Bozic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bozic throws a hook but Olsen blocks it.
Bozic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Olsen counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Bozic is predictable there
and Olsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gabrijel Bozic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bozic misses with a series of wild punches.
Olsen throws out a counter right but Bozic avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bozic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Olsen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bozic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Olsen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bozic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olsen throws a series of punches but Bozic moves out of range.
Bozic misses with a lunging right hand
and Olsen counters with a nice leg kick.
Bozic throws a low kick, looking for Olsen's leg but Olsen calmly moves out of range.
Bozic swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Olsen counter with a right hand.
Bozic throws a lazy uppercut
and Bozic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Olsen!
Bozic is breathing heavily.
Olsen throws a jab when Bozic was well out of range.
Bozic is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Olsen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Bozic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bozic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bozic.
Olsen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bozic misses with a jab to the body
and Olsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bozic avoids the body shot from Olsen.
Bozic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Olsen connects with a jab.
Olsen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bozic misses with a right hand
and Olsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bozic just misses with a punch to the body.
Olsen thinks about the counter body kick.
Bozic misses with a jab to the body
and Olsen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bozic misses with a shot to the body
and Olsen counters with a huge head kick that drops Bozic! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kjetil Olsen!
After winning the bout, Kjetil Olsen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.