PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edinaldo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Edinaldo Oliveira has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Oliveira
vs
Hughes

201 cm
26
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
23
281 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edinaldo Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nathan Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
Oliveira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hughes throws a leg kick that misses.
Hughes misses with a low kick as Oliveira jumps back.
Hughes tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oliveira avoids the body shot from Hughes.
A leg kick checked by Oliveira.
Hughes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Oliveira's calf.
Hughes misses with a leg kick.
Oliveira avoids the body shot from Hughes.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Nathan Hughes has been cut.
Oliveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hughes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes slips under a jab from Oliveira.
Hughes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes misses with a low kick.
Hughes misses with a low kick.
A cross from Oliveira lands.
Oliveira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Hughes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hughes.
Hughes throws a leg kick but Oliveira sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hughes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nathan Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Oliveira connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Hughes out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edinaldo Oliveira!
Edinaldo Oliveira retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Edinaldo Oliveira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.