PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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?

Newman
vs
Oliveira

187 cm
26
179 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Newman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Newman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Oliveira's head.
Oliveira throws a right hand that misses
and Newman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Oliveira throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Newman tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Oliveira is in Newman's guard.
Oliveira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oliveira tries to stand but Newman is controlling from the bottom.
Oliveira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Newman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oliveira throws and elbow that misses. Newman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Oliveira's guard. Nice move by Newman!
Oliveira manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Oliveira landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oliveira misses with a head shot.
Oliveira has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Newman's face.
Oliveira lands with some strikes.

Oliveira looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira breaks from Newman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Newman looks a forlorn figure.
Oliveira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira has hold of Newman's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Newman manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Newman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Oliveira controlling from mount.

Oliveira is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Newman has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Newman!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to sweep here but Newman controlling him for the moment.
Oliveira wants to stand and escape but Newman is having none of it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira pulls Newman in close to prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Felipe Oliveira wasn't active enough on the ground.
Newman misses with a kick to the body.
Newman lands a right hook to the body.

Newman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Oliveira to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Newman being controlled here, momentarily.
Newman wants to stand up but Oliveira is controlling him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Felipe Oliveira.
Newman scores with a head kick. Oliveira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Oliveira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Newman tries to avoid it but Oliveira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Newman to the ground. Newman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Newman.
Newman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut
and Newman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Newman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oliveira.
Newman throws a lazy head kick

and Oliveira counters with a takedown into side control.
Newman wants to get back to his feet but Oliveira is dominant here and he's now got Newman's back!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Newman is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Oliveira gets his way!
Oliveira has good solid back control here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Oliveira. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
I would not like to be Newman right now.
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.
Newman covering up well under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Newman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Oliveira throws a lazy head kick
and Newman counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Oliveira shoots in and bounces Newman off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Oliveira sitting in guard here, content to control.

Oliveira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Newman is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Newman has escaped and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira is pulling down on Newman's head to control his posture.

That's two 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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Oliveira has his foot on Newman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Newman works his way back into a safe position though.
Oliveira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Newman is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Shawn Newman just wasn't active enough.
Newman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oliveira throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Newman to counter with a crisp jab.
Oliveira thows a leg kick but Newman checks it
and Newman counters with a head kick.
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Newman.
Newman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Newman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oliveira happy to just control the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newman prevents Oliveira from improving position.
A lull in the action here as Oliveira stalls from top position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Felipe Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Newman but Newman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Newman moves out of range.
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Newman circles away and keeps his distance.
Felipe Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Newman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Newman.
Oliveira blocks a head kick by Newman.
Newman swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
Good exchange - Newman coming out on top.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a head kick but Newman moves out of range.
Newman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Oliveira's head.
Newman tries to clinch up.
Newman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oliveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Newman. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Newman.
Newman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Oliveira.
Newman throws a head kick that misses.

Oliveira shoots in and bounces Newman off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's eight 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 slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Shawn Newman wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Newman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Oliveira to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Newman wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Newman being controlled here, momentarily.

Oliveira stands up and waves to Newman to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Shawn Newman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Newman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oliveira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Newman to the mat! Newman manages to get full guard.

Oliveira stands up and waves to Newman to follow him.
Newman throws a lazy head kick

and Oliveira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Newman's guard now.
Oliveira sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Felipe Oliveira has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Newman tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Newman does it's job there.

Oliveira darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oliveira controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Oliveira looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Newman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Felipe Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oliveira controlling the action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Felipe Oliveira was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Oliveira gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Newman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Newman throws a head kick that misses.
Newman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shawn Newman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Oliveira scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliveira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira unloading with bombs!
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
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 four minutes gone in the round.
Newman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oliveira controlling the pace for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Newman?
Oliveira controlling his opponent.
Oliveira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing shots from mount.
Oliveira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira dominating with strikes here.
Oliveira landing shots from mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira with the ground and pound from mount.
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
Oliveira connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira content just to control the position here.
Oliveira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Newman looks a forlorn figure.
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Some bone on bone action there as Oliveira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oliveira throws a sloppy head kick
and Newman counters with a nice uppercut.

Oliveira shoots in and bounces Newman off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.

Newman is working an open guard so Oliveira takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Oliveira feints and as Newman raises his hands in defense, Oliveira changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliveira is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Felipe Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Newman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Oliveira is working Newman over with some ground and pound from side control.

Oliveira stands up.

Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into Newman's guard.
Oliveira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oliveira wants to get up but he can't break Newman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking to pass the guard.
Oliveira is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Felipe Oliveira was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Oliveira drives through with a takedown into guard.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Newman manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Oliveira looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Newman is controlling him.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Oliveira holds on and takes a little breather.

Felipe Oliveira has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Newman scores with a kick to the body.
Newman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Newman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oliveira is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Newman's shoulder. That is not cool.
Oliveira looks up at the clock and then as Newman takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Oliveira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing strikes.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but Newman is defending the strikes.
Oliveira controls the position from side control.

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

That's eight 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.

Oliveira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Oliveira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Newman down.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Newman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Oliveira advances to full mount.
Oliveira cracks Newman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Newman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oliveira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Oliveira dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Newman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Oliveira throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Newman was covering up waiting for the punch and Oliveira finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Oliveira slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Newman wants to stand up but Oliveira is controlling him.
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 controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Felipe Oliveira wasn't active enough on the ground.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Newman misses with a head kick.
Newman throws a sloppy head kick

and Oliveira counters with a nice double leg into side control. Newman won't be happy with that.
Oliveira remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira prevents Newman from escaping the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oliveira slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Felipe Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Newman tries a head kick but it misses.
Newman lands with a cross.
Newman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Newman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Newman moves into range and connects with a jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Oliveira.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira cracks Newman with a big elbow.
Oliveira in side control lands a decent elbow.

Oliveira has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Newman is just out of range.

Oliveira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Newman's half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Oliveira is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Oliveira scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's six 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.
Oliveira is taking a breather. Newman says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Felipe Oliveira has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Oliveira darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oliveira content to control rather than advance.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to stand but can't do so whilst Newman controls his leg.

Oliveira stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's eight 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 tries to clinch up but Newman circles away and keeps his distance.
Newman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Newman cracks Oliveira with an open hand slap.
Newman lands an overhand right.
Newman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Newman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Newman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Newman is having none of it.
Newman thows a body shot but no joy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Newman sprawls well initially but Oliveira persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Newman scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Oliveira manages to mount him!
Oliveira controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Felipe Oliveira!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Felipe Oliveira!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Felipe Oliveira!

Felipe Oliveira wins by unanimous decision!