PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between LW Lw One (ranked 5135 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Oliveira (ranked 3486 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lw One
vs
Oliveira

173 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, LW Lw One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marlon Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lw One scores with a body shot.
Lw One scores with a shot to the body.
Lw One throws a series of strikes that have Oliveira backpedaling.

Oliveira manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Lw One on his heels. He'll look to pass Lw One's guard now, I'm sure.
Oliveira slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lw One utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira forces his way into half guard.
Oliveira slips a nice elbow through Lw One's hands, connecting with Lw One's forehead.
Oliveira working Lw One over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira slows the pace down in half guard.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Oliveira looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira is working for a kimura but Lw One is defending it quite comfortably.
Lw One trying to control but Oliveira postures up.
Lw One is looking for a sweep. Oliveira is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oliveira stalling.
Lw One knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
Lw One won't allow Oliveira to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oliveira throwing shots but Lw One is blocking nicely.
Oliveira content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Oliveira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
It looks like Oliveira might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Oliveira is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lw One doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Oliveira.
Oliveira keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lw One on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oliveira with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lw One wants to control but Oliveira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Oliveira moves nicely into side control.
Oliveira has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Lw One is in a horrible position here. Oliveira smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oliveira raining down shots from the mount!
Oliveira controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a big shot there that rocks Lw One but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Oliveira working for a submission but Lw One is keeping him at bay.
Oliveira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oliveira wants to finish this one by submission but Lw One is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Oliveira.
Lw One is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lw One is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Lw One has given up his back here. Will Oliveira look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Oliveira loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Lw One hold on?

Oliveira has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Oliveira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lw One misses with a double jab

and Oliveira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Oliveira is pushing Lw One up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oliveira just leaning against Lw One, taking a breather.
Lw One looking to slow down the pace here.

Oliveira gets control of Lw One's arms and successfully pulls guard. Oliveira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Oliveira engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lw One working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira drops back looking for a leg! Lw One is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lw One manages to kick Oliveira off! Oliveira jumps back into Lw One's guard.
Lw One is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oliveira working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lw One's head.
Oliveira controlling from the top position.

Oliveira drops back looking for a leg! Lw One is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lw One manages to kick Oliveira off! Oliveira jumps back into Lw One's guard.
Oliveira is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Oliveira is continuing to stall.
Lw One wants to control but Oliveira passes easily into half guard.

Oliveira is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Oliveira is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Oliveira controlling from mount.
Lw One tries to hold on but Oliveira pushes him away.
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lw One looks a forlorn figure.
Oliveira unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working the ground and pound effectively.
Lw One wants to control but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Oliveira is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lw One can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Oliveira has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Brazilian Top Team + Ricardo Arona. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lw One looks a forlorn figure.
Lw One has given up his back here.
Oliveira throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Oliveira is landing with strikes. Lw One can't take much more of this.
Lw One is trying to remain composed but Oliveira is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira controls the action.
Lw One trying to control but not successfully.

Oliveira has got one arm under Lw One's chin. This could be trouble... Lw One trying to control the other hand but Oliveira gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Lw One has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marlon Oliveira!
Marlon Oliveira very nearly forgot to thank Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.