PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jan Olov Hermansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Dellaria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermansson comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Ich Will!. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Olov Hermansson
vs
Dellaria

178 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

165 cm
28
152 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Olov Hermansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Dellaria!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dellaria throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hermansson was covering up waiting for the punch and Dellaria finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hermansson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hermansson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hermansson tries to pass to full mount but Dellaria defends it.
Dellaria trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermansson stalling.
Dellaria wants to get back to full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jan Olov Hermansson just wasn't active enough.
Hermansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dellaria was well out of range. Poor timing from Hermansson.

Hermansson rushes Dellaria and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hermansson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hermansson swings wildly with an uppercut but Dellaria uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hermansson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dellaria working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria is trying to break the clinch but Hermansson has him pressed against the cage.
Hermansson scores with a shot to the side of Dellaria's head.
Hermansson throws a head punch that misses.
Hermansson holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Dellaria has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hermansson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hermansson trying to control but not successfully.
Dellaria doesn't have the hooks in and Hermansson manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dellaria looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hermansson won't allow Dellaria to get back to his feet.
Hermansson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hermansson passes Dellaria's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson stops Dellaria from getting back to his feet.
Hermansson is taking a breather. Dellaria says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hermansson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jan Olov Hermansson.
Dellaria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hermansson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A clash of legs there as Hermansson blocks the low kick.
Dellaria throws a looping overhand right but Hermansson ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson tries to clinch up but Dellaria circles away and keeps his distance.
Hermansson misses with a looping right.
Hermansson connects with a single shot there.
Hermansson misses with an uppercut.
Hermansson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Hermansson drops Dellaria with a left right combo! Hermansson follows him down to the ground into side control.

Dellaria is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hermansson stands up and beckons Dellaria to his feet.
Dellaria is still on wobbly legs! Can Hermansson finish him?
BOOM! Hermansson lands a beautiful left hook that drops Dellaria. Dellaria tries to recover but Hermansson is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Dellaria lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Olov Hermansson!
During a confident post fight interview, Jan Olov Hermansson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.