PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renan Fagundes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fagundes
vs
Oliveira

203 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

189 cm
22
198 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Fagundes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fagundes fails with the takedown.
Fagundes looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Oliveira darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oliveira is nestled in close to Fagundes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Oliveira winds up and cracks Fagundes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oliveira throwing shots but Fagundes is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira is stalling here. Fagundes is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Oliveira seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Fagundes has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Oliveira manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Oliveira is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Fagundes has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fagundes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is keen to just control but Fagundes is a slippery customer.
Fagundes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fagundes is looking to get back to full guard here but Oliveira has managed to pass to side control 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!
Fagundes tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two 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.
Oliveira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oliveira looks up at the clock and then as Fagundes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Oliveira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oliveira trying to control the action but Fagundes is working from the bottom.
Fagundes looking for a sweep but Oliveira has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oliveira lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Oliveira trying to control but Fagundes is having none of it.
Fagundes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Oliveira stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Oliveira takes the fight into the clinch.
Fagundes can't break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Good body shot from Oliveira.
Fagundes tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Oliveira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fagundes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fagundes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oliveiras head.

Fagundes pulls guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Fagundes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fagundes is trying to keep Oliveira in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fagundes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Fagundes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Oliveira dominated that round.
That's time! Fagundes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fagundes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oliveira dives in and grabs Fagundes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fagundes pushes down on Oliveira's head and hops out.

Oliveira drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fagundes trying to keep a closed guard but Oliveira is proving a slippery customer.

Oliveira stands and steps away. Fagundes gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fagundes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fagundes has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira tries to clinch

and Fagundes counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagundes is trying to push Oliveira away but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fagundes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fagundes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliveira stalling.
Oliveira tries for a takedown but Fagundes manages to get underhooks.
Fagundes jumps guard but Oliveira stands there with Fagundes around his waist. Fagundes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Fagundes turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Fagundes stands up and beckons Oliveira to his feet.

Fagundes closes the distance and clinches.
Oliveira tries to break free but Fagundes pushes him back against the cage.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the body.
Fagundes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renan Fagundes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Fagundes.
Fagundes fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Fagundes manages to pull guard.
Fagundes trying to keep a closed guard but Oliveira is proving a slippery customer.
Fagundes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Fagundes keeps moving.
Fagundes wants to sweep but no luck.
Fagundes is controlling Oliveira's posture.
Oliveira slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Oliveira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliveira is looking to clinch but Fagundes is avoiding it.
Renan Fagundes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fagundes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Oliveira trying to hold on to Fagundes's head to control him but Fagundes postures up.

Fagundes is looking for a kimura here.
Oliveira is looking to control Fagundes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Oliveira avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is refusing to be controlled, as Fagundes sits in half guard.
Fagundes seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Oliveira is staying active underneath Fagundes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renan Fagundes dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fagundes wants to clinch

and Oliveira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oliveira.
Oliveira passes Fagundes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fagundes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fagundes wants to get back to full guard.
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oliveira tries to stand and escape but Fagundes is controlling the position.
Oliveira trying to control the pace.
Fagundes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oliveira is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira seems to be looking for submissions.
Fagundes works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fagundes seems keen to control Oliveira's posture.
Fagundes is trying to control the position but Oliveira postures up.
Fagundes looking for a sweep. Not yet Fagundes, not yet.

Oliveira gets to his feet - Fagundes follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fagundes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oliveira, pushing him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fagundes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliveira fails to pull guard.

Fagundes decides to pull guard.
Fagundes wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fagundes holds on and takes a little breather.
Fagundes keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oliveira stops Fagundes from standing up.
Fagundes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hugo Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Renan Fagundes just wasn't active enough.

Fagundes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Oliveira is trying to defend but Fagundes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fagundes is thwarting Oliveira's attempts to control the position.
Oliveira is looking to get back to is feet but Fagundes passes into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Oliveira is trying to control but Fagundes passes into side control!
Fagundes working the body and head with strikes.
Fagundes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fagundes controlling from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hugo Oliveira.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Oliveira!