PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henrique comes to the cage accompanied by Lastonesleft. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Henrique
vs
Oliveira

193 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Henrique!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira takes a head kick and keeps coming.
No joy there for Henrique, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henrique throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henrique misses with a few strikes there.
Oliveira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henrique tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.
A clash of legs there as Oliveira blocks the low kick.
Henrique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henrique lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Henrique misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henrique throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henrique wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique misses with a head kick.
Henrique tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Henrique misses with a two punch combination.
Henrique throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Henrique.
Henrique misses with a leg kick.
Henrique throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henrique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliveira steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Henrique. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A punch combination from Henrique misses.
Henrique is breathing heavily.
Oliveira fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henrique avoids it really well and circles away.
Pedro Henrique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Oliveira.
Henrique looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Henrique.
Henrique is looking to clinch.
Henrique misses with the combination.
Pedro Henrique seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Oliveira closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Henrique is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique prevents Oliveira from improving position.

Oliveira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Oliveira wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Henrique, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Check out the look on Oliveira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Henrique dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Oliveira closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Oliveira crashes against the mat.

Oliveira is trying to get an arm triangle but Henrique is defending well.
Henrique knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
Henrique is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but Henrique is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to score with some ground and pound. Henrique controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Oliveira tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oliveira has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Henrique wants to get back to his feet but Oliveira is dominant here and he's now got Henrique's back!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Henrique defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Oliveira's arms.
Oliveira tries to keep control of the position but Henrique is staying busy.

Oliveira working for the choke.
Oliveira is throwing shots to the body but Henrique manages to wriggle free. Oliveira pounces on him again and ends up in Henrique's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control but Henrique is working from the bottom.
Oliveira pushes down on Henrique's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oliveira tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henrique knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Oliveira wants to work for an arm triangle but Henrique is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Oliveira looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
A slow jab from Henrique misses its intended target.
Henrique throws a quick inside leg kick.
Henrique throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henrique throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henrique moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Henrique misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henrique wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Henrique throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira blocks the body kick.
Henrique throws a right and a left that Oliveira avoids nicely.
Henrique is looking to clinch but Oliveira is avoiding it.
Pedro Henrique is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Henrique rushes Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.

Oliveira gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Oliveira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oliveira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Henrique is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Henrique blocks nicely.
Jack Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henrique keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oliveira is controlling him.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oliveira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

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.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oliveira closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Oliveira passes to side control.
Henrique taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Oliveira really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Henrique misses with a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Henrique will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henrique throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henrique tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Henrique misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henrique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira moves out of range as Henrique strikes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Henrique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Some wild striking there from Henrique.
Oliveira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henrique circles away.

Oliveira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Henrique to the mat! Henrique manages to get full guard.
Oliveira's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Henrique is retaining full guard.

Oliveira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliveira trying to control but Henrique is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira pushing down on Henrique's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Oliveira looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Oliveira lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique is trying to stand up here but Oliveira is controlling him well.
Oliveira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Oliveira scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Oliveira is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Henrique defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is keen to just control but Henrique is a slippery customer.

Oliveira is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira trying to control from half guard but Henrique is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Oliveira dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Oliveira drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Oliveira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Oliveira tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oliveira has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oliveira has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Henrique takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

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.
Oliveira is working Henrique over with some ground and pound from side control.
Oliveira trying to control the position but Henrique is working away.
Henrique regains half guard there - taking advantage of Oliveira's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira stalling away here and it's allowed Henrique to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Oliveira has gone for a leg lock! Henrique slips out almost immediately though and dives into Oliveira's guard.

Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Henrique defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira has a closed guard, preventing Henrique from standing up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Jack Oliveira!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Jack Oliveira!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Jack Oliveira!

Jack Oliveira wins by unanimous decision!
Jack Oliveira is the new super heavyweight champion!