PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diablo Oliveira (ranked 4201 p4p, 4778 weight class) and Zachary Sanders (ranked 160 p4p, 203 weight class). Sanders has chosen Icon as his entrance music. Zachary Sanders has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Oliveira
vs
Sanders

185 cm
18
195
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
185
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diablo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zachary Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanders looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Oliveira is fending him off so far but Sanders persists. Nope, Oliveira circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanders pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Oliveira looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Oliveira seems to be looking for submissions.
Sanders is trying to stand.
Oliveira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanders on the ground.
Oliveira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sanders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanders manages to get to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira lands a couple of digs.
Oliveira has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sanders is trying to control the position but Oliveira postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanders's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira stands up over Sanders, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sanders wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling the position.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oliveira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanders has momentary wrist control but Oliveira slips an elbow through the middle.
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oliveira postures up and lands a big shot to Sanders's brow.
Oliveira scoring with some ground and pound.
Oliveira is working Sanders over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
Oliveira stands up over Sanders, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oliveira working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanders's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oliveira scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Sanders is rocked!
Oliveira scoring with some ground and pound.
Sanders is still in real trouble! Can Oliveira finish him?
Sanders looks winded!
Sanders not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliveira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oliveira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oliveira distracts Sanders with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oliveira postures up and lands a big shot to Sanders's brow.
Oliveira postures up and lands a big shot to Sanders's brow.
Oliveira stands up over Sanders, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oliveira gets to his feet and stands over Sanders, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Sanders felt that one! Oliveira unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Sanders from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diablo Oliveira!