PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudinho Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciek Literacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Oliveira
vs
Literacki

180 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Claudinho Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maciek Literacki!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Literacki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Literacki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Literacki throws knees to the body.
Oliveira working hard to break the clinch.
Literacki avoiding damage.

Literacki manages to break the clinch.
Literacki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira shoots in but Literacki avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Literacki scores a takedown into full mount!

Literacki has control of Oliveira's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Oliveira regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Literacki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Literacki raining down shots from the mount!

Literacki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Oliveira really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Literacki punching from mount but Oliveira doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Oliveira is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Literacki stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Literacki swinging wilding here.
Literacki looks to land a combination. Oliveira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Literacki looks gassed!
Literacki shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira shows good takedown defense.
Good work by Oliveira as he checks the leg kick.
Literacki stuffs the takedown.

Oliveira closes the distance and clinches.
Literacki has Oliveira pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to break free but Literacki has control.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Literacki.
Literacki missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Oliveira wants to break free but Literacki has control.
Oliveira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claudinho Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Literacki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Oliveira tries for a takedown. No joy.

Literacki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Literacki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Literacki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Literacki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira wants to clinch.
Literacki swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Literacki tries to keep at a distance but Oliveira has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira wants a takedown.

Literacki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Literacki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oliveira.
Literacki tries to clinch up
and Oliveira counters with an outside leg kick.
Oliveira throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Literacki circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Literacki gets caught flat footed, as Oliveira shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Literacki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
Oliveira won't allow Literacki to sweep him here.

Oliveira got a little sloppy there for a moment and Literacki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Oliveira has managed to get both his arms back between Literacki's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Literacki keeps moving.
Literacki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maciek Literacki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Literacki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oliveira.
Literacki is looking to clinch.
Literacki closes the distance but Oliveira moves to the side
and Oliveira counters with a slapping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Literacki fails with a takedown attempt.

Literacki moves into range and clinches up with Oliveira.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Literacki tightens his grip and picks Oliveira up, before dumping him to the ground. Oliveira manages to land in guard.
Oliveira working a defensive guard here.
Oliveira tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Literacki wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling his posture from full guard.
Literacki wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Literacki postures up.
Literacki wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Oliveira working a defensive guard here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice body kick there by Oliveira.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira doesn't manage to clinch there - Literacki circles away.

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.
Literacki throws a lazy head kick
and Oliveira counters with a nice kick to the body.

Oliveira shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Literacki's guard.
Literacki wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
Literacki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Literacki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Literacki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Oliveira avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Oliveira slips nicely into half guard.
Literacki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stops Literacki from getting back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Literacki misses with a wild combination.

Oliveira darts in and clinches Literacki up against the cage.
Literacki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Oliveira is working for takedown but Literacki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Oliveira drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Literacki has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Oliveira uses from the top position.
Oliveira won't allow Literacki to get back to his feet.
Literacki keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Literacki had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Oliveira is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Literacki Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Oliveira's back instead.
Literacki doesn't have the hooks in and Oliveira manages to turn into his guard.
Literacki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
Literacki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Oliveira!
Literacki with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Claudinho Oliveira will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Oliveira tries to clinch but Literacki is having none of it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Literacki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oliveira is looking to clinch but Literacki is avoiding it.
Oliveira darts in trying to clinch
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Literacki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Literacki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oliveira but Oliveira pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Literacki misses with a straight left.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Literacki is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Literacki.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Literacki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Literacki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Literacki tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Literacki has Oliveira pressed against the cage, preventing Oliveira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Literacki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliveira is keeping busy.
Oliveira can't break the clinch.

Oliveira pulls guard successfully.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oliveira throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Oliveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Literacki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Oliveira pushes Literacki off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Literacki fails with a takedown attempt.
Claudinho Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Oliveira stuffs the takedown.
Claudinho Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciek Literacki.
Oliveira tries to score a power double leg takedown but Literacki sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oliveira somewhat.

Literacki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Literacki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Literacki moves away

and Literacki moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Literacki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Literacki lands a knee to the body.
Oliveira drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Literacki breaks from the clinch.

Literacki shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Oliveira actively working from the bottom here.
Literacki is keen to just control but Oliveira is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira won't allow Literacki to pass to mount.
Literacki wants to get back to his feet.
Oliveira wants to control but Literacki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Oliveira throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Oliveira is looking for a sweep. Literacki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Literacki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Literacki fails with a takedown attempt.
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Literacki circles away and keeps his distance.
Literacki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Literacki is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maciek Literacki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Literacki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maciek Literacki!