PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raymundo Sweeney (ranked 4289 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Olongo (ranked 4153 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenneth Olongo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sweeney
vs
Olongo

178 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

189 cm
25
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raymundo Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenneth Olongo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olongo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Olongo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sweeney digs a good body shot into Olongo's ribs.
Olongo misses with a wild body shot.
Sweeney buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sweeney with a jab.

Olongo has Sweeney up against the cage in a clinch.
Sweeney has a couple of punches blocked by Olongo.
Sweeney can't find room to land a body shot as Olongo controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sweeney.
Sweeney is trying to break the clinch but Olongo has him pressed against the cage.
Olongo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Olongo is trying to maintain a safe position but Sweeney gets an underhook and turns Olongo into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sweeney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Sweeney.
Sweeney tries to break the clinch but Olongo is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sweeney.
Sweeney throws a punch but it's blocked by Olongo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olongo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olongo lands a damaging elbow.
Olongo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Olongo lands a nice uppercut.
Sweeney misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sweeney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Olongo tries to work over Sweeney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sweeney misses with the head strike.
Olongo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Olongo throws a punch but it's blocked by Sweeney.
Sweeney wants to get back to striking at distance but Olongo won't allow it.
Olongo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sweeney lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sweeney throws a head punch that misses.
Olongo misses with a hook from the clinch.

Sweeney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olongo tries to clinch but Sweeney moves out of range.
Olongo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sweeney dips to his left and cracks Olongo with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olongo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sweeney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olongo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sweeney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A cross from Sweeney lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sweeney.
Sweeney walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olongo.
Olongo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sweeney.
Sweeney digs a good hook to Olongo's body.
Olongo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sweeney.
Sweeney throwing a counter right hand but Olongo manages to avoid it.
Olongo misses with the combination.
Sweeney tried to counter with a leg kick but Olongo avoided it.
Olongo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sweeney scores with a jab to the body.
Sweeney lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sweeney keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sweeney, as that shot connected.
It looks like Sweeney has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Olongo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sweeney paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney jabs Olongo to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Sweeney tries to keep at a distance but Olongo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Olongo blocks a body shot from Sweeney.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sweeney wants to break free but Olongo has control.
Olongo wants to stall.
Olongo is trying to stall.
Sweeney blocks the elbow strike.
Sweeney blocks an uppercut.
Sweeney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olongos head.
Sweeney dodges an elbow strike from Olongo.
Sweeney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olongos head.
Sweeney scores with a shot to the side of Olongo's head.
Olongo slows down the pace here.
Sweeney gets through Olongo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Sweeney drops Olongo with a beautiful combination! Olongo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sweeney is looking for the KO!

Olongo is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sweeney drops Olongo with a straight right hand, right on the button! Sweeney follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raymundo Sweeney!
Raymundo Sweeney seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.