PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaco Oolong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaco Oolong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randal Stevens's chin.

Oolong
vs
Stevens

175 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaco Oolong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randal Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oolong wants to clinch up but Stevens keeps it at a distance.

Stevens closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Oolong did well to prevent Stevens getting side control.
Stevens looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Oolong has hold of Stevens's hands but Stevens slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stevens thows a huge punch but Oolong dodges it nicely.
Stevens not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stevens seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Oolong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Oolong keeping hold of Stevens's head, controlling as best he can.
Stevens keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Stevens passes to side control.
Oolong struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Oolong seems a little lost for a moment, as Stevens dominates the positioning.
Stevens landing a few strikes.
Stevens taking a breather here.
Stevens prevents Oolong from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oolong is breathing heavily.
Oolong avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Stevens.
Oolong trying to remain calm as Stevens controls from the top position.
Oolong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stevens on the ground.
Stevens works to advance to full mount. Oolong defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to control the pace but Oolong is squirming around nicely.
Stevens breaks from Oolong's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Oolong that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oolong wants to hold on but Stevens pushes him away.
Stevens trying to control but Oolong is having none of it.
Stevens controlling from the full mount.
Stevens is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Oolong can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Stevens cracks Oolong with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oolong is desperately trying to improve his position but Stevens has a good base and remains in mount.
Stevens looking to control and managing it successfully.
Stevens working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stevens landing shots from mount.
Stevens is landing with some decent strikes but Oolong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stevens looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stevens in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens wants to control the pace but Oolong is squirming around nicely.
Stevens raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oolong is squirming around, avoiding Stevens's attempts to control the action.
Oolong wants to control but Stevens is having none of it.
Oolong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oolong tries to get out of the position.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens landing strikes from the mount.
Stevens controlling the pace for now.
Stevens landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randal Stevens dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stevens darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oolong is not content to let Stevens control the position.
Stevens perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Randal Stevens.
Oolong misses with a wild combination.

Stevens closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stevens wants to pass to mount but Oolong is defending the position.
Stevens missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stevens working the head and body with strikes.
Stevens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oolong is not content to let Stevens control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oolong avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stevens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevens prevents Oolong from improving his position.
Stevens is trying to control the action in half guard but Oolong is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stevens throwing shots but Oolong is blocking nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Stevens shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Stevens looking to finish Oolong with some ground and pound. This is bad for Oolong!
Stevens is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Oolong can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Stevens wants to control the pace but Oolong is squirming around nicely.
Oolong is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens cracks Oolong with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stevens tries to control but Oolong wriggling away.
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.
Stevens wants to control the pace but Oolong is squirming around nicely.
Stevens lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Oolong hang on?
Stevens working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens working the ground and pound effectively.
Stevens with shots to the head and body - Oolong looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stevens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Oolong?
Stevens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Stevens landing strikes from the mount.
Stevens wants to control the pace but Oolong is squirming around nicely.
Stevens with good strikes from the mount here!
Stevens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens landing punches.
Stevens lands a nice shot to the head.
Stevens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oolong really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stevens with the ground and pound from mount.
Stevens working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stevens cracks Oolong with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stevens trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oolong takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randal Stevens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Stevens fails with the takedown.
Stevens shoots in but Oolong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oolong scores with a jab. Stevens acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oolong lands with an overhand left.

Stevens closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Stevens wants to control but Oolong is keeping him busy.
Oolong is trying to get back to his feet.
Stevens working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevens is chipping away with strikes.
Stevens wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oolong keeps working.
Oolong tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oolong taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oolong on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Stevens working the head with strikes.
Oolong is not content to let Stevens control the position.
Stevens landing a few strikes.
Randal Stevens has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stevens in side control, throwing shots but Oolong defends.
Stevens trying to control the position but Oolong is working away.
Oolong is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stevens is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stevens landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Stevens trying to control the position but Oolong is working away.
Oolong tries to buck Stevens off but Stevens is having none of it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Oolong slaps away a takedown attempt from Stevens, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jaco Oolong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randal Stevens.
Stevens shoots for a takedown but Oolong saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A combination from Oolong does no damage.
Stevens looks for a takedown but Oolong sprawls well.
Oolong misses with a two punch combination.
Stevens takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stevens shoots in looking for a takedown. Oolong tries to sprawl out of it but Stevens keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oolong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oolong misses with a jab, cross combination.

Oolong gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Stevens is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oolong tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oolong wants to stand but Stevens is controlling the position.
Stevens's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Oolong wants to get back to his feet but Stevens is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens with a nice head shot there.
Oolong has momentary wrist control but Stevens slips an elbow through the middle.
Oolong being controlled here, momentarily.
Stevens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oolong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oolong looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stevens pushing down on Oolong's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Stevens winds up and cracks Oolong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jaco Oolong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Randal Stevens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stevens prevents Oolong from improving his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randal Stevens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stevens winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 25:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randal Stevens!