PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Oliszewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo DiMatto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arturo DiMatto acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Oliszewski
vs
DiMatto

170 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
20
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikhail Oliszewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arturo DiMatto!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - DiMatto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliszewski lands a lovely overhand right.
Oliszewski misses with a wild body shot.
DiMatto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oliszewski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oliszewski looks to score with a jab to the body but DiMatto is just out of range.
Oliszewski looks to score with a jab to the body but DiMatto is just out of range.
DiMatto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
DiMatto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliszewski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oliszewski lands a nice looking body shot.
Oliszewski is looking to wear down DiMatto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
DiMatto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliszewski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliszewski digs a good body shot into DiMatto's ribs.
Oliszewski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oliszewski wants it to stay on the feet.
Oliszewski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oliszewski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between DiMatto's hands.
Oliszewski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliszewski just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliszewski cracks DiMatto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oliszewski stuffs the takedown attempt from DiMatto. DiMatto gets slowly back to his feet.
Mikhail Oliszewski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arturo DiMatto.
The fighters circle momentarily. Oliszewski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oliszewski leaves DiMatto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Oliszewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DiMatto manages to avoid it.
DiMatto moves in looking to clinch but Oliszewski pushes him off.
Nice uppercut lands for Oliszewski. That snapped DiMatto's head back.
Oliszewski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. DiMatto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
DiMatto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oliszewski jabs DiMatto right on the nose. DiMatto blinks but takes it well.
DiMatto looks for a takedown but Oliszewski sprawls well.
DiMatto fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DiMatto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oliszewski.
Oliszewski lands a nice hook to DiMatto's body. DiMatto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

DiMatto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
DiMatto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
DiMatto trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliszewski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DiMatto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
DiMatto trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliszewski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DiMatto looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliszewski is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DiMatto forces his way into half guard.
DiMatto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oliszewski trying to control here.
DiMatto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Oliszewski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Oliszewski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

DiMatto is working for a kimura but Oliszewski is defending it quite comfortably.
DiMatto prevents Oliszewski from standing back up.
DiMatto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
DiMatto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oliszewski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Oliszewski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Oliszewski digs a good body shot into DiMatto's ribs.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot.

DiMatto clinches with his opponent.
DiMatto has Oliszewski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Oliszewski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Oliszewski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. DiMatto smiles and moves away.
Oliszewski scores with a jab. DiMatto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
DiMatto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
DiMatto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Oliszewski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliszewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DiMatto manages to avoid it.
A jab from Oliszewski does it's job there.
DiMatto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliszewski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliszewski misses the shot to the body.
DiMatto tries for a takedown but Oliszewski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mikhail Oliszewski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arturo DiMatto.
Oliszewski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DiMatto tries to move into range but Oliszewski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oliszewski lands a nice looking body shot.
DiMatto looks for a takedown but Oliszewski sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - DiMatto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
DiMatto shoots for a double leg takedown but Oliszewski sprawls well. He's pushed DiMatto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
DiMatto throws a low kick, looking for Oliszewski's leg but Oliszewski calmly moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Oliszewski as DiMatto shoots in.
DiMatto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oliszewski misses the shot to the body.
DiMatto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oliszewski.
Oliszewski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oliszewski jabs at DiMatto's body.
Oliszewski lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski scores with a jab.
Oliszewski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck DiMatto on the side of the head.
Oliszewski lands a head shot.
Oliszewski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

DiMatto clinches with his opponent.
Oliszewski tries to pull guard but DiMatto holds him up against the cage and eventually Oliszewski drops back down to his feet.
DiMatto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Oliszewski pulls guard successfully.
Oliszewski is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
DiMatto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
DiMatto passes into half guard.
DiMatto looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

DiMatto is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
DiMatto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
DiMatto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oliszewski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Oliszewski is defending against the submission attempts here by DiMatto.
DiMatto is breathing heavily.

Oliszewski is defending against the submission attempts here by DiMatto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
DiMatto throwing shots but Oliszewski is blocking nicely.
DiMatto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
DiMatto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliszewski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Oliszewski dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Oliszewski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
DiMatto shoots in for a double leg but Oliszewski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Oliszewski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
DiMatto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliszewski dips to his left and cracks DiMatto with an uppercut!
Oliszewski punishes DiMatto's body with a nice straight punch.
DiMatto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oliszewski lands a nice hook to DiMatto's body. DiMatto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mikhail Oliszewski is winning the standup battle so far.
DiMatto tries to clinch but Oliszewski moves out of range.
Oliszewski lands a nice looking body shot.
Mikhail Oliszewski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliszewski cracks DiMatto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oliszewski swings for the body but DiMatto moves out of range.
Oliszewski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from DiMatto.
Nice body punch from Oliszewski.
Oliszewski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DiMatto was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliszewski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DiMatto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DiMatto shoots for a double leg takedown but Oliszewski sprawls well. He's pushed DiMatto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mikhail Oliszewski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arturo DiMatto.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
DiMatto fails with the takedown.
DiMatto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot.
Oliszewski connects with a body shot.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DiMatto.
DiMatto tries to clinch but Oliszewski is having none of it.
Oliszewski circles away from the clinch attempt.
DiMatto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
DiMatto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
DiMatto takes one on the button.
Oliszewski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
DiMatto walks into a straight right hand from Oliszewski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski tests DiMatto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DiMatto fails in his attempt to clinch.
DiMatto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliszewski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
DiMatto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oliszewski leaves DiMatto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
DiMatto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oliszewski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent DiMatto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
DiMatto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
DiMatto fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Oliszewski avoids it really well and circles away.
Oliszewski connects with a right hand. DiMatto shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Oliszewski.
DiMatto shoots in for a takedown but Oliszewski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
DiMatto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Oliszewski is fending him off so far but DiMatto persists. Nope, Oliszewski circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by DiMatto or perhaps it was just good defense by Oliszewski which made him look bad.
Oliszewski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oliszewski scores with a punch to the head.
DiMatto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oliszewski scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to de liver by Oliszewski. Beautiful body shot.
Oliszewski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oliszewski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Arturo DiMatto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski thuds a left hand into DiMatto's body.
A jab lands there for Oliszewski.
Oliszewski dips to his left and cracks DiMatto with an uppercut!
DiMatto needs to keep his hands up - Oliszewski had a free shot at his head there.
DiMatto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oliszewski lands a head shot.
Oliszewski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Oliszewski finds it's way through DiMatto's defenses.

DiMatto scores a takedown into full mount!
Oliszewski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for DiMatto on the ground.
DiMatto unloads with some shots from mount but Oliszewski bucks and avoids them well.
DiMatto sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Oliszewski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oliszewski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Oliszewski!