PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Mesquita (ranked 476 p4p, 531 weight class) and Archie Oliveira (ranked 72 p4p, 83 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Mesquita
vs
Oliveira

180 cm
21
163
9 - 2 - 0

184 cm
21
168
7 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

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AVALON
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Mesquita!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Archie Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mesquita gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mesquita gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Oliveira regains guard.
Mesquita tries to free his leg and advance position but Oliveira is retaining full guard.

Oliveira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mesquita defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mesquita content to stall in guard here.
Mesquita with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mesquita scoring with some ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Mesquita has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mesquita working some strikes from top position.
Mesquita is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.
Mesquita keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oliveira's head.
Mesquita has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mesquita content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oliveira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mesquita.
Mesquita lands a couple of elbows.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
Mesquita scoring with some ground and pound.
Mesquita landing with the ground and pound.
Mesquita working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mesquita working some strikes from top position.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Oliveira's head.
Mesquita content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oliveira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mesquita defends it easily.
Mesquita makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oliveira bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mesquita's guard.

Mesquita throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Mesquita is controlling Oliveira's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mesquita is on top in guard.

Oliveira has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mesquita working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Oliveira's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mesquita works over Oliveira with some ground and pound from guard.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
Mesquita cracks Oliveira with a solid left hand.
Mesquita distracts Oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mesquita trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Oliveira has momentary wrist control but Mesquita slips an elbow through the middle.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mesquita works over Oliveira with some ground and pound from guard.
Mesquita won't allow Oliveira to sweep him here.
Mesquita lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita advances to half guard.
Mesquita wants to pass to mount but Oliveira is defending the position.
Mesquita scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mesquita working over Oliveira with some ground and pound. Oliveira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mesquita working Oliveira over with strikes.
Mesquita drops an elbow to the side of Oliveira's head.
Oliveira tries to get to full guard but Mesquita has control of the leg.
Mesquita is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oliveira wants to get back to full guard.
Mesquita working over Oliveira with some ground and pound. Oliveira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mesquita lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mesquita looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Oliveira!
Oliveira tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oliveira sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mesquita lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oliveira gets full guard.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Oliveira has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.
Mesquita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mesquita postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oliveira has momentary wrist control but Mesquita slips an elbow through the middle.
Mesquita is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oliveira can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Oliveira has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.
Mesquita stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Oliveira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mesquita has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Oliveira is proving hard to escape from.
Mesquita makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mesquita content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mesquita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mesquita distracts Oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mesquita with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mesquita won't allow Oliveira to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita scoring with some ground and pound.
Mesquita lands a couple of digs.

Oliveira is rocked!
Mesquita wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Mesquita scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mesquita is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Oliveira has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mesquita's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mesquita scoring with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mesquita stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita lands a couple of digs.
Mesquita works over Oliveira with some ground and pound from guard.
Mesquita is working Oliveira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mesquita passes into half guard.
Mesquita landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Mesquita finish him?
Mesquita lands strikes from half guard.
Mesquita working over Oliveira with some ground and pound. Oliveira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oliveira wants to improve his position but Mesquita is controlling well.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Mesquita winds up and cracks Oliveira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mesquita working the head and body with strikes.
Mesquita takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mesquita lands a nice short elbow.
Oliveira wants to get back to full guard.
Oliveira taking some punishment here, with Mesquita in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mesquita lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oliveira taking some punishment here, with Mesquita in his half guard.
Mesquita scores with a big shot! Oliveira's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Oliveira! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Mesquita!
Richard Mesquita retains his lightweight title!