PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Warrior (ranked 3326 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Jomaro (ranked 7748 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Warrior
vs
Jomaro

188 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oleg Jomaro!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jomaro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Warrior on his heels. He'll look to pass Warrior's guard now, I'm sure.
Jomaro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jomaro wants to control from the top but Warrior keeps moving.
Warrior has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jomaro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jomaro wants to pass the guard but Warrior is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jomaro sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jomaro shoots for a double leg takedown but Warrior sprawls well. He's pushed Jomaro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Warrior scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jomaro doesn't seem bothered though.
Jomaro closes the distance and clinches up with Warrior, looking for a takedown. Jomaro pushes Warrior against the cage but Warrior circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jomaro looks winded!
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Jomaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warrior listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Warrior shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Warrior showed some decent athleticism there.

Warrior stands up out of the half guard.

Warrior shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jomaro napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Jomaro has eaten all the pies!

Warrior is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jomaro is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jomaro wants to control but Warrior postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior controlling from side mount.
Warrior working the strikes but Jomaro uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Warrior is pressing down on Jomaro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jomaro is holding on for now.
Jomaro is holding on to half guard well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Warrior seems to be working for a kimura but Jomaro defends the submission attempt.
Warrior is looking to take a break and control but Jomaro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jomaro desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jomaro trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Warrior is trying to work for a kimura but Jomaro is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Warrior is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jomaro keeping control of the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Warrior leaves Jomaro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Warrior attempts a counter takedown but Jomaro avoids it well and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jomaro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Warrior shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jomaro's guard.
Warrior is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jomaro can do to turn this around?
Warrior scoring with some ground and pound.
Warrior looking to sit in guard and control but Jomaro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jomaro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jomaro trying to control the position from guard on top but Warrior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior is trying to keep Jomaro in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jomaro sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior keeping moving, preventing Jomaro from controlling successfully.
Jomaro controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Warrior displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jomaro.

Warrior closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Warrior prevents the takedown attempt.
Ultimate Warrior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oleg Jomaro.

Warrior successfully pulls guard.
Jomaro is stalling in the full guard.
Jomaro trying to control the position from guard on top but Warrior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jomaro controls the pace.
Warrior keeping moving, preventing Jomaro from controlling successfully.
Jomaro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jomaro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Warrior is fending him off so far but Jomaro persists. Nope, Warrior circles away and we're back to standing.

Warrior gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Warrior prevents a takedown attempt there.

Warrior manages to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jomaro trying to control the position from guard on top but Warrior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jomaro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ultimate Warrior overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Warrior keeping moving, preventing Jomaro from controlling successfully.
Jomaro sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jomaro wants to control from the top but Warrior keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jomaro dives in for a single leg takedown but Warrior sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Warrior closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jomaro quickly recovers to half guard.
Warrior controlling the pace.
Warrior is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

Warrior drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jomaro manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Warrior has Jomaro in his guard.

Jomaro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior wants to sweep here but Jomaro controlling him for the moment.
Jomaro controlling from the top position.
Warrior is trying to control the position but Jomaro postures up.
Jomaro content to stall in guard here.
Warrior on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Warrior tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Jomaro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jomaro showed some decent athleticism there.
Jomaro sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomaro stops Warrior from getting back to his feet.
Jomaro content to control rather than advance.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jomaro fails to land the takedown.

Warrior gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jomaro is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Warrior is defending well.
Ultimate Warrior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oleg Jomaro.

Warrior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jomaro misses with a takedown attempt - Warrior sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Warrior clinches with his opponent.
Warrior stops a takedown attempt from Jomaro.

Warrior jumps guard.
Jomaro content to stall in guard here.
Jomaro wants to pass the guard but Warrior is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jomaro wants to control from the top but Warrior keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ultimate Warrior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Warrior has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ultimate Warrior!