PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Faoa Sunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinny Oliveira will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Sunia
vs
Oliveira

175 cm
32
184 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Faoa Sunia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinny Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunia defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Sunia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sunia misses the jab.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy left from Sunia finds it's target.
Oliveira takes one to the chin there.
Oliveira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunia throws out the jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sunia.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira looking for a sweep but Sunia has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Oliveira?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira is trying desperately to improve position.
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!
Oliveira is trying to stand up.
Oliveira tries to reverse the position but Sunia maintains control.
Oliveira wants to hold on but Sunia pushes him away.
Oliveira tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is in a horrible position here. Sunia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sunia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oliveira squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Oliveira?
Sunia unloading with bombs!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oliveira tries to hold on but Sunia postures up.
BOOM! Sunia connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sunia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sunia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oliveira is working to get back to half guard.
Sunia lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Oliveira hang on?
Sunia working the ground and pound effectively.
Sunia looking to control but Oliveira is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Sunia connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sunia lands a big shot there that rocks Oliveira but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Oliveira is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira really wants to buck Sunia off and get back to his feet.
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Sunia finish him?
Oliveira is bucking up trying to escape but Sunia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sunia breaks from Oliveira's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sunia cracks Oliveira with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oliveira tries to hold on but Sunia pushes him away.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Sunia loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Oliveira scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sunia land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sunia stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Faoa Sunia!