PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oscar De La Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Oliszewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

De La Torre
vs
Oliszewski

165 cm
21
147 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar De La Torre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikhail Oliszewski!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliszewski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De La Torre.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliszewski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliszewski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oliszewski lands a jab to De La Torre's midsection.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot
and De La Torre counters with a nice leg kick.
Oliszewski scores with a jab to the body.
Mikhail Oliszewski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliszewski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De La Torre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Torre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Oliszewski counters with a left to the body.
De La Torre clinches but Oliszewski breaks the clinch
and Oliszewski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oliszewski swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Torre.
Oliszewski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De La Torre throws a sloppy body shot
and Oliszewski counters with a straight right hand.
Oliszewski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De La Torre was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliszewski.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Torre.
Oliszewski cracks De La Torre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De La Torre wants to clinch but Oliszewski slips to the side
and Oliszewski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliszewski scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oliszewski, as that shot connected.
Oliszewski thows a body shot but no joy.
Good shot there by Oliszewski.
De La Torre misses with a hook to the body
letting Oliszewski counter with a right hand.
De La Torre wants to clinch.
Oliszewski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
De La Torre misses with a shot to the body
and Oliszewski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De La Torre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De La Torre misses with a body punch
and Oliszewski counters with a nice body shot.
Oliszewski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De La Torre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Oliszewski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oliszewski lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Oliszewski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De La Torre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De La Torre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Oliszewski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De La Torre thinking.
Oliszewski swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Torre.
De La Torre misses with a jab to the body
and Oliszewski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliszewski throws a body punch but De La Torre moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De La Torre tries to clinch but Oliszewski moves away
and Oliszewski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Torre throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Oliszewski counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Torre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De La Torre wants to clinch but Oliszewski slips to the side
enabling Oliszewski to counter with a crisp jab.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Torre.
Oliszewski misses with a shot to the body
and De La Torre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliszewski thinking.
De La Torre misses with a combination
enabling Oliszewski to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De La Torre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oliszewski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oliszewski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Torre moves away.
Oliszewski misses the body punch
and De La Torre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliszewski thinking.
De La Torre tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Oliszewski counters with a nice body shot.
De La Torre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De La Torre clinches but Oliszewski breaks the clinch
and Oliszewski counters with a nice body shot.
Oliszewski just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliszewski swings for the body but De La Torre moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre misses with a body punch
and Oliszewski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De La Torre thinking.
De La Torre misses with a jab to the body
and De La Torre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De La Torre fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Torre throws a predictable looking body shot
and Oliszewski counters with a nice body shot.
De La Torre misses with a hook to the body
and Oliszewski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De La Torre is looking to wear down Oliszewski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliszewski moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Oliszewski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

De La Torre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oliszewski thuds a left hand into De La Torre's body.
Oliszewski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De La Torre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De La Torre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oliszewski swings away with a body shot that misses
and De La Torre counters with a nice uppercut.
Oliszewski thuds his right hand into De La Torre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mikhail Oliszewski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De La Torre misses the body punch
and Oliszewski counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliszewski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De La Torre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Torre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliszewski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De La Torre doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre misses with a shot to the body
and Oliszewski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De La Torre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliszewski lands with a right hand.
Oliszewski sizes up De La Torre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oliszewski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De La Torre misses with a body shot
and Oliszewski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oscar De La Torre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre throws a sloppy body shot
and De La Torre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a shot to the body

and De La Torre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the fighters up against the cage, De La Torre throws an elbow but misses.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De La Torre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Torre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliszewski's brow.
Oliszewski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oliszewski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oliszewski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De La Torre backwards.
Oliszewski misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Torre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Torre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliszewski's brow.
Oliszewski avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
De La Torre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Oliszewski.
De La Torre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliszewski's efforts to push away.
Oliszewski blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski lands a body shot in the clinch.

Oliszewski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliszewski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De La Torre throws a right hand that Oliszewski ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliszewski also avoids with ease.
Oliszewski scores with a body shot.
Oliszewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De La Torre manages to avoid it.
De La Torre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mikhail Oliszewski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oliszewski sizes up De La Torre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Oliszewski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oliszewski 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

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