PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanji Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luciano de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cook
vs
de Oliveira

200 cm
24
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

201 cm
20
282 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sanji Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luciano de Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.

de Oliveira rushes Cook and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
Cook tries to land knees in the clinch but de Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira blocks a body shot from Cook.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira letting Cook take a breather here.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but de Oliveira avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
Cook misses with a knee strike.
de Oliveira takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Luciano de Oliveira has been cut.
Cook tries to work over de Oliveira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cook landing knees to the head.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Oliveira is defending well for now.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with de Oliveira's elbow.
Cook has a couple of punches blocked by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Cook in his tracks for a moment.
de Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Cook.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook tries to land knees in the clinch but de Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
de Oliveira avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
Cook tries to land knees in the clinch but de Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
de Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cook pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cook tries a body shot but de Oliveira blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cook.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cook cracks de Oliveira with a nice body shot.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cook misses with the head strike.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but de Oliveira avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.
Cook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cook takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cook takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cook misses with a body punch.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook lands an elbow just above de Oliveira 's eye.

That has opened up Luciano de Oliveira's cut even more.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cook throws a head punch that misses.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
de Oliveira takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning de Oliveira up against the cage.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Oliveira is defending well for now.
Cook tries to land a knee to the head but de Oliveira blocks with his arms.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cook.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Cook in his tracks for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Sanji Cook has been cut.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from de Oliveira, against the cage.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from de Oliveira, against the cage.
Cook tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by de Oliveira.
Cook struggles to land a body shot inside as de Oliveira controls his hands.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Cook in his tracks for a moment.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Oliveira is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook working de Oliveira over with knees to the body.
Cook tries to land knees in the clinch but de Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.
de Oliveira avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
de Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cook's defenses.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook looking to slow down the pace here.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cook struggles to land a body shot inside as de Oliveira controls his hands.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Cook shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanji Cook dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

de Oliveira connects with a leg kick. Cook looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from de Oliveira, right into the meat.

de Oliveira gets tackled into the cage by Cook. Cook maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from de Oliveira.
A head punch on the inside from Cook fails to land.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanji Cook has scored more points in the clinch so far.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cook takes an elbow to the temple.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook landing knees to the body.
Cook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from de Oliveira.
Cook has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
Cook crunches a lovely knee into de Oliveira's ribcage.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by de Oliveira.
Cook lands a knee to the body.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Cook is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but de Oliveira is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook works on de Oliveira's body with a couple of short punches.
de Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Cook scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook misses with a punch to the body.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
Cook has a couple of punches blocked by de Oliveira.
Cook leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
Cook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from de Oliveira.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Oliveira takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cook scores with a shot to the side of de Oliveira's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to land a knee to the head but de Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook missing with knees to the body.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
de Oliveira lands an elbow just above Cook 's eye.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Cook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with de Oliveira's elbow.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
de Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Sanji Cook's cut is getting worse.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Cook with an attempt at a knee that misses.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook misses with the head strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Cook.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cook throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but de Oliveira blocks it with crossed arms.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A head punch on the inside from Cook fails to land.
Cook can't find room to land a body shot as de Oliveira controls the action.
Cook just leaning against de Oliveira, taking a breather.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook throws an elbow that misses.
Cook throws an elbow but it misses.
Cook slows down the pace here.
Cook can't find room to land a body shot as de Oliveira controls the action.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook missing with knees to the body.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook is leaning against de Oliveira and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cook takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanji Cook dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Cook darts in and clinches de Oliveira up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cook.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with de Oliveira's elbow.
de Oliveira lands an elbow just above Cook 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
Cook tries to land a knee to the head but de Oliveira blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Oliveira is defending well for now.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
de Oliveira takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
de Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cook stalling in the clinch but de Oliveira improves position.
de Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, de Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
de Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
de Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
de Oliveira avoids the elbow strike from Cook, against the cage.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Cook.
Cook tries a knee to the head but de Oliveira blocks it.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.

That's two 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 Oliveira blocks a body shot from Cook.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
Cook tries to land knees in the clinch but de Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
de Oliveira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
de Oliveira avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
Cook takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Cook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
de Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Cook.
Cook tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook trying to control the position but instead, de Oliveira has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cook into the cage.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook missing with knees to the body.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
Cook holding his opponent close, against the cage.
de Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cook dodges an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Oliveira is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cook looking to throw knees to the head but de Oliveira is blocking nicely.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
Cook scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cook blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
de Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from de Oliveira.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cook - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

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.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and de Oliveira avoids it.
Cook takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sanji Cook's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Cook misses with a body punch.
de Oliveira prevents a body shot from Cook.
Cook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cook lands a nice knee to the body.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
de Oliveira prevents a body shot from Cook.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from de Oliveira, against the cage.
de Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from de Oliveira.
Cook trying to control the position but instead, de Oliveira has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cook into the cage.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stalling in the clinch from Cook.
Luciano de Oliveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanji Cook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luciano de Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cook has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanji Cook!