PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donte McKenna (ranked 3644 p4p, 3810 weight class) and Charlie Olives (ranked 328 p4p, 336 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McKenna might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Santeria- Sublime. Donte McKenna could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charlie Olives's chin.

McKenna
vs
Olives

177 cm
27
154
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
155
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donte McKenna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charlie Olives!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKenna dives in and grabs Olives's left leg, looking for a takedown. Olives pushes down on McKenna's head and hops out.

McKenna shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Olives is looking for a sweep. McKenna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Olives is looking to control McKenna's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Olives avoid being mounted?
McKenna trying to control the pace.
McKenna lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Olives looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
McKenna content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenna tries to pass to full mount but Olives defends it.
McKenna passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olives is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McKenna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McKenna scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Olives?
McKenna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McKenna seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Olives for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenna has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee warns Olives that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McKenna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Olives looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Olives sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Olives looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
McKenna content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Olives works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Olives working for a triangle but McKenna defends it easily.
McKenna not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Olives can't keep his opponent in guard - McKenna advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
McKenna with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Olives looking for submissions off his back.
McKenna slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Olives tries to get to full guard but McKenna has control of the leg.
McKenna is looking to advance position but Olives won't allow it.
McKenna seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
McKenna tries to pass to full mount but Olives defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McKenna passes to full mount!
McKenna controlling from the full mount.
Olives bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Donte McKenna dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McKenna shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Olives's guard.

Olives is looking for a triangle here but McKenna uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
McKenna is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
McKenna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olives can do to turn this around?
Olives tries to improve position but can't.
Olives prevents McKenna from improving position.
McKenna advances to full mount.
Donte McKenna overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKenna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

McKenna has control of Olives's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Olives regains control of the situation pretty easily.
McKenna controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olives is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Olives is wriggling around trying to escape.
McKenna controlling from the full mount.
McKenna scoring with strikes but Olives is staying in there.
Olives is trying desperately to improve position.
McKenna controlling from the full mount.
McKenna's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by McKenna.
Olives keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McKenna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

McKenna with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Olives is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McKenna looking to finish Olives with some ground and pound. This is bad for Olives!

McKenna is working for a guillotine from mount but Olives frees his head quite easily.
McKenna prevents Olives from getting the reversal.
McKenna controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Further stalling from McKenna.
McKenna landing punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olives bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

McKenna has his foot on Olives's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Olives works his way back into a safe position though.
Olives looking to pass the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Donte McKenna dominated that second round.
That's time! McKenna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

McKenna shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Olives as he avoids it easily.
McKenna looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McKenna shoots for a double leg takedown but Olives sprawls well. He's pushed McKenna's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Olives slaps away a takedown attempt from McKenna, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donte McKenna. That's going to take a lot out of him.

McKenna gets a double leg takedown into Olives's guard.

Olives is looking for a triangle but McKenna pushes his legs off easily.
Olives trying to control the position.
McKenna pushing down on Olives's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olives wants to improve his position but McKenna is controlling well.
McKenna not doing much here.
McKenna looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenna controlling the action here.
Olives gets full guard.
Olives can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McKenna controls the pace.
McKenna pushing down on Olives's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Olives won't allow McKenna to pass to mount.
Olives is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McKenna's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McKenna's back!
Donte McKenna is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenna wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because McKenna is stinking the place up with his stalling.
McKenna just trying to survive but Olives is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
McKenna rolls, trying to escape but Olives keeps control of the position.
Olives is looking to control McKenna but McKenna is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Olives avoiding McKenna 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenna can't escape the position.
McKenna wants to control his opponent's hands but Olives gets his hands free.
You can see the frustration on McKenna's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Olives's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Olives gets his hands free as McKenna looks to control.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Olives's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
McKenna tries to break free.
Olives wants to control but McKenna is keeping busy.
McKenna rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
McKenna desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Olives is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McKenna manages to get to full guard.
McKenna controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charlie Olives has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charlie Olives.
I think McKenna has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donte McKenna!
During a confident post fight interview, Donte McKenna thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.