PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Vasconcelos (ranked 3719 p4p, 3940 weight class) and Dennis Oakley (ranked 375 p4p, 391 weight class). Oakley has chosen Mechanical Maggots by Abnormity as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Vitor Vasconcelos has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vitor Vasconcelos seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Vasconcelos
vs
Oakley

195 cm
22
225
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
230
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Conquer
HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vitor Vasconcelos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Oakley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasconcelos doesn't manage to clinch there - Oakley circles away.
Oakley scores with a hook to the body. Vasconcelos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oakley throws a big shot that misses.
Oakley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Vasconcelos rushes Oakley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Vasconcelos pulls guard effortlessly.
Vasconcelos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vasconcelos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Oakley gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Vasconcelos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oakley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Oakley keeping moving, preventing Vasconcelos from controlling successfully.
Vasconcelos prevents Oakley from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasconcelos trying to control but Oakley is working from the bottom.
Vasconcelos tries to free his leg and advance position but Oakley is retaining full guard.
Oakley lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Oakley is looking to stand up but Vasconcelos won't let him.
Vasconcelos trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Oakley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasconcelos is keeping the position for now.
Oakley tries to stand but Vasconcelos is controlling from the bottom.
Vasconcelos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dennis Oakley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vasconcelos needs to keep his hands up - Oakley had a free shot at his head there.
Vasconcelos darts in trying to clinch
and Oakley counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice side step and Oakley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Vasconcelos moves into range and clinches up with Oakley.
Oakley tries to circle away but Vasconcelos has him pinned against the cage.
Oakley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vasconcelos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Oakley prevents it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Vasconcelos goes for a takedown attempt but Oakley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Oakley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Decent striking displayed by Oakley there.
Vasconcelos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vasconcelos shoots in but Oakley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Vasconcelos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oakley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vasconcelos looks to land a right hand but Oakley moved out of range.
Oakley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've been informed that Oakley has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Oakley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vasconcelos.

Vasconcelos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oakley is looking to break free of the clinch but Vasconcelos has double underhooks.
Vasconcelos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Oakley after a bit of a struggle.
Vasconcelos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Oakley is defending well.
Vasconcelos is breathing heavily.
Oakley is pressed up against the cage. Vasconcelos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Oakley down to the mat. Oakley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oakley lands a right hook to the body.
Oakley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vasconcelos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oakley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vasconcelos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Oakley tries to get set, Vasconcelos tries to push him back and clinch up but Oakley manages to avoid the attempt.
Vasconcelos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab by Oakley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Oakley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vasconcelos tries to move into range but Oakley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vasconcelos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oakley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oakley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oakley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vasconcelos rather than just go for the knockout.
Oakley cracks Vasconcelos with an open hand slap.
Oakley stuns Vasconcelos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oakley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vasconcelos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oakley stuffs the takedown attempt from Vasconcelos. Vasconcelos gets slowly back to his feet.
Dennis Oakley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vasconcelos shoots in but Oakley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oakley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oakley throws a shot to the body.
Oakley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oakley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vasconcelos under the eye.
Oakley scores with a nice head shot.
Oakley moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oakley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vasconcelos. Vasconcelos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Oakley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vasconcelos at a distance.
Vasconcelos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oakley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oakley cracks a nice hook into Vasconcelos's ribs.
Oakley thuds a left hand into Vasconcelos's body.
Vasconcelos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from Oakley misses.
Oakley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vasconcelos under the eye.
Oakley lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasconcelos swings for the body but Oakley moves out of range.
Vasconcelos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vasconcelos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Vasconcelos is rocked!
Vasconcelos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oh Vasconcelos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vasconcelos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oakley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donk. Oakley catches Vasconcelos right on the button with a cross.
Vasconcelos walks straight into a right hand from Oakley - that's dropped him! Oakley jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Vasconcelos from any more punishment! Vasconcelos complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dennis Oakley!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Dennis Oakley waved his t-shirt featuring HELLBENT's logo in front of the cameras.