PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Huey Huhango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jonathan oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Huhango
vs
oliveira

200 cm
22
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Huey Huhango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jonathan oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huhango scores with a decent looking hook.
Huhango connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Huhango cracks a nice hook into oliveira's ribs.
oliveira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Huhango.

oliveira shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than oliveira was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
oliveira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Huhango has given up his back here.

oliveira patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Huhango knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for oliveira on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

oliveira looking for the RNC.
oliveira struggling to land strikes to the head as Huhango covers up.
oliveira trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
oliveira keeps control of the position easily here as Huhango tries to buck him off.
oliveira is looking to control Huhango but Huhango is wriggling around and keeping busy.

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.
Huhango is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

oliveira is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Huhango knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Huhango for a finish.
oliveira looks gassed!
Huhango trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - oliveira's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

oliveira has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Huhango has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
oliveira is hanging on to Huhango's back as he tries to escape.
Huhango just trying to survive but oliveira is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Huhango has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from oliveira.

oliveira is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Huhango is defending well though. oliveira let's go of the attempt for now.
Huhango just trying to survive but oliveira is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Huhango covering up well under a barage of strikes.
oliveira punches the canvas rather than the man.
Huhango really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Huhango trying to control the action but oliveira just sinks the hooks in.
Huhango staying busy and making it hard for oliveira to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
oliveira missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jonathan oliveira dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

oliveira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Huhango is fending him off so far but oliveira persists. Nope, Huhango circles away and we're back to standing.

oliveira gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Huhango wants to improve his position but oliveira is controlling well.
oliveira passes into side control, despite Huhango's attempt to control the position.

oliveira is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Huhango is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Huhango is not content to let oliveira control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
oliveira advances to mount.
oliveira wants to take his opponent's back but Huhango doesn't allow it.
Huhango is trying to reverse the position but instead oliveira has taken his back - oops!

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.
oliveira tries to keep control of the position but Huhango is staying busy.
Huhango looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
oliveira is breathing heavily.

oliveira is persistently looking for the submission but Huhango is defending it well.
Huhango looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Huhango trying to control but not successfully.
Huhango rolls, trying to escape but oliveira keeps control of the position.

oliveira patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huhango is trying to break free.
oliveira struggling to land strikes to the head as Huhango covers up.
Huhango is trying to get back to his feet but oliveira has full control of the position and if anything, Huhango has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Huhango has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from oliveira.

oliveira is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Huhango is defending well though. oliveira let's go of the attempt for now.
What can Huhango do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
oliveira wants to control but Huhango is keeping busy.

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.
Huhango trying to get back to his feet but oliveira is in full control for now.

Huhango is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
oliveira biding his time, controlling Huhango.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
oliveira missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jonathan oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Huhango!
oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Huhango lands a jab to the nose.
Huhango misses with a jab, cross combination.

oliveira scores with a takedown into Huhango's guard.

oliveira gets to his feet. Huhango looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Huhango tries to land a front kick but oliveira steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huhango throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck oliveira on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
oliveira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Huhango to score with a decent uppercut.
Huey Huhango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
oliveira takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Huhango lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheers as Huhango lands an impressive looking overhand right. oliveira doesn't seem phased though.
Huhango moves into range and connects with a jab.
oliveira on the wrong end of a nice hook.
oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Huhango as he jumps to the side.
Huey Huhango has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jonathan oliveira.
oliveira shoots in and drives through. Huhango sprawls well.

oliveira shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
oliveira passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
oliveira taking a breather here.

oliveira is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Huhango knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Huhango is not content to let oliveira control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huhango is looking to work his way out of this bad position but oliveira is controlling him well.
oliveira tries to score with some ground and pound. Huhango controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Huhango is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but oliveira has just dragged him back down to the mat.
oliveira advances to mount.

oliveira is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Huhango sizes up oliveira with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
oliveira shoots for a double leg takedown but Huhango sprawls well. He's pushed oliveira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huhango with a hook.
Huhango is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

oliveira drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
oliveira passes easily into side control. Nice work.
oliveira working the head with strikes.
Huhango defending against the ground and pound.
Huhango is not content to let oliveira control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
oliveira works to advance to full mount. Huhango defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

And that's the end of the fight!
jonathan oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got oliveira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jonathan oliveira!