PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickety Cricket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cricket kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rickety Cricket - Cocaine. Oliveira is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Daddy Yankee - La Gata. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cricket
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rickety Cricket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira tries a head kick but it misses.
Oliveira throws a lazy uppercut

and Cricket decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Oliveira's guard.
Oliveira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cricket looks like he's trying to stand up.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cricket knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
Oliveira is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Let's hope that Oliveira has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket gets back to full guard.
Oliveira engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cricket keeping full guard, as Oliveira tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ricardo Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oliveira thows a leg kick but Cricket checks it

and Cricket counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cricket off and has taken his back!
Oliveira really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Cricket.
The referee is taking a good look at Cricket as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Oliveira!
What can Cricket do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with an elbow to the head.

Oliveira looking for the choke but no joy.
Oliveira is riding his opponent, not letting Cricket buck him off.

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's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Oliveira scores with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Oliveira 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.

Cricket will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cricket sprawls well. Cricket wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
Oliveira checks a low kick from Cricket.
A head kick misses from Cricket.
Cricket misses with a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oliveira.
Cricket takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Cricket counters with a thumping low kick.
Cricket throws a low kick but Oliveira avoids it.
Cricket throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cricket finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cricket attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut
and Cricket counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cricket swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
Cricket tries to clinch but Oliveira moves away
and Oliveira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cricket takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oliveira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oliveira blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Cricket drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cricket rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Good work by Oliveira as he checks the leg kick.
Cricket moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oliveira lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cricket's sensitive parts.
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cricket checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Oliveira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cricket on the side of the head.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Cricket's head but Cricket sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliveira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oliveira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rickety Cricket is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliveira tries to land a front kick but Cricket steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cricket takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cricket stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oliveira.
Cricket tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cricket gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oliveira.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cricket looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Cricket misses.
Cricket moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Cricket throws a leg kick but Oliveira moved away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a sloppy head kick and Cricket moves out of range easily.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cricket scores with a jab.
Cricket on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Cricket throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oliveira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oliveira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oliveira lands a lovely overhand right.
Oliveira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Oliveira.
Cricket fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Oliveira checks it well.
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira scores with a one two! Cricket had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oliveira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab lands there for Oliveira.
Cricket tests Oliveira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira connects with a nice looking jab.
Cricket's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oliveira connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cricket scrambles back to his feet.
Oliveira fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Oliveira scoring well with a low kick there.
Oliveira misses with a wild body shot.
Cricket takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Cricket is just out of range.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oliveira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cricket.
Oliveira scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cricket is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cricket drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cricket tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Oliveira connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira scores with a kick to the body.
Cricket walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oliveira scores with a punch to the head.

Cricket is rocked!
Oliveira lands with a nice body punch.
Oh Cricket is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliveira showed some decent athleticism there.
Cricket seems to have got his legs back now.
Oliveira is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Oliveira throws a leg kick
letting Cricket counter with a right hand.
Oliveira lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oliveira dips to his left and cracks Cricket with an uppercut!
Jab from Oliveira.
Cricket connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oliveira momentarily.
Cricket looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Oliveira throws a leg kick but Cricket sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cricket throws a low kick but Oliveira avoids it.
Oliveira scores with a nice right hand.
Cricket takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Cricket.
Cricket takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cricket throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cricket drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oliveira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cricket takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cricket chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oliveira can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cricket lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oliveira cracks Cricket with an open hand slap.
Cricket misses with a low kick.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cricket moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cricket throws a jab but it's blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oliveira throws a shot to the body.
Oliveira scores with a three punch combo!
Oliveira lands with a slapping head kick.
Oliveira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whack! Oliveira lands a heavy head kick that drops Cricket. The ref tackles Oliveira to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Cricket was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Ricardo Oliveira!