PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wendell Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and WiLL Crush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oliveira
vs
Crush

160 cm
19
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
163 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Skin-Clothes Designing
Skin-Clothes Designing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wendell Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, WiLL Crush!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crush misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Crush throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crush fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oliveira.
Crush throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oliveira lands a right hook to the body.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Crush moved out of range.
Crush on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Crush slips the punch.
Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Crush throws a body kick that misses.
Oliveira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Crush.
Crush will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crush lands with a kick to the temple. Oliveira shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Crush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Crush throws a sloppy head kick and Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Oliveira swings for the body but Crush moves out of range.
Oliveira lands with a straight right. Crush didn't see that one coming.
Oliveira jabs at Crush's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crush buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Crush saw that one coming.
Oliveira throws a jab when Crush was well out of range.

Oliveira has closed the distance and engaged Crush in a clinch.
Oliveira tries to circle away but Crush has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crush has had enough of the clinch but Oliveira keeps him there for the moment.
Crush has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crush has had enough of the clinch but Oliveira keeps him there for the moment.
Crush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Oliveira can't break the clinch.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Crush is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Crush's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oliveira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Oliveira breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crush.
Oliveira jabs at Crush's body.
Crush tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Crush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Crush walks into a straight right hand from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a jab to Crush's midsection.
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!
A chopping leg kick lands by Crush.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Crush is just out of range.
WiLL Crush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut
and Crush counters with a nice body kick.
Crush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crush misses with a body kick.
Crush connects with an inside leg kick.
Oliveira throws a poor cross that misses
and Crush counters with a body kick.
Crush fakes the leg kick and cracks Oliveira in the body.
Crush throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but Crush uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick from Crush.

Crush tries to keep at a distance but Oliveira has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oliveira tries to break the clinch but Crush is controlling the position.
Crush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crush is trying to break the clinch but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Oliveira wants to break free but Crush has control.
Crush is trying to force a seperation but Oliveira has the dominant position.
Oliveira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oliveira is stalling here.
Crush can't break the clinch.
Oliveira has Crush pressed against the cage, preventing Crush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Crush's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oliveira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crush is trying to break the clinch but Oliveira is controlling him.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Crush is trying to break free.
Crush's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Crush ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crush chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Crush.
Crush plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Crush does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crush throws a nice head kick!
Crush moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crush pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crush misses with a head kick.

Oliveira darts in and clinches Crush up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wendell Oliveira will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crush moves out of range of the strikes.
Crush throws a head kick but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the head.
Crush lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Oliveira has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Some wild striking there from Crush.
Crush throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Crush.
Crush buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crush ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Oliveira has Crush up against the cage in a clinch.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crush backwards.
Oliveira lands a body punch.
Crush is trying to break free.
Crush is trying to break the clinch but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Oliveira.
Crush is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crush prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Oliveira.
Crush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crush working hard to break the clinch.
Oliveira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Crush has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right from Oliveira on the inside.
Oliveira presses Crush against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crush wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crush's efforts to push away.
Wendell Oliveira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oliveira lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliveira.
Crush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oliveira leaning against his opponent.
Oliveira wants to break free but Crush has control.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Crush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crush's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oliveira connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crush scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Oliveira instigates a clinch.
Oliveira lands a hook that snaps the head of Crush backwards.
Crush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch.

Crush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Crush.
Oliveira throws a hook but Crush avoids it easily.
Oliveira avoids a kick to the body.
Oliveira misses with a body shot
and Crush counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crush pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crush misses with a body kick.
Crush slips under a jab from Oliveira.
Crush lands with a kick to the ribs.
Oliveira lands with a hook. Crush tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crush throws a head kick that misses.
That kick from Crush tenderised Oliveira's leg. Oliveira is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crush takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oliveira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oliveira works over Crush's head and body with a nice combination.
A good leg kick by Crush.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Crush slips under a jab from Oliveira.
Crush pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crush pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crush takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crush misses with a head kick.

Oliveira moves into the clinch successfully.
Oliveira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliveira.
Crush is trying to push Oliveira away but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crush tries to break free but Oliveira pushes him back against the cage.
Oliveira will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Crush is trying to push Oliveira away but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Crush breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Crush.
Oliveira scores with a hook.
Oliveira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oliveira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crush was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliveira.
Crush slips a jab and a cross from Oliveira.
WiLL Crush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crush throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crush throws a sloppy head kick and Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Oliveira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crush looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oliveira throws the left hand but Crush avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira moves in looking to clinch but Crush pushes him off.

Oliveira moves into the clinch successfully.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wendell Oliveira dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Crush takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crush lands with a nice body kick.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Crush.
Oliveira sizes up Crush with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crush.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Oliveira has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crush.
Crush takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab lands there for Oliveira.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the body.
Crush throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Crush slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Crush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crush bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Oliveira misses the target.
Crush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Crush scores with a three punch combo!
Oliveira avoids the head kick by Crush.

Oliveira pushes Crush up against the cage in a clinch.
Crush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oliveira holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Crush breaks from the clinch.
Oliveira throws a hook but Crush avoids it easily.
Nice shot by Oliveira.
Crush moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Crush lands a nice looking body kick.
Crush uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliveira.
Crush lands with a kick to the temple. Oliveira shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crush connects with a high kick.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wendell Oliveira is winning the standup battle so far.
Crush tries to score with a low kick but Oliveira moves his leg out of the way.
Wendell Oliveira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crush lands a head kick. Oliveira smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crush misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crush steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
Crush throws a body kick that misses.
Oliveira throws an overhand right that lands on Crush's shoulder, as Crush tries to avoid the shot.
Crush throws a low kick but Oliveira moves out of range easily.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.
Oliveira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crush throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crush throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crush throws a wild body kick that Oliveira sees coming a mile off.
Crush pushes Oliveira away with a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crush misses with a body kick.
Crush looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Oliveira drives through and clinches with Crush against the cage.
Crush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Crush up against the cage.
Oliveira keeps control of Crush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oliveira working hard to break the clinch.
Oliveira avoiding damage.
Oliveira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crushs head.
Crush is trying to break free.
Crush is trying to break free.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
Oliveira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crush's efforts to push away.
Oliveira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crush's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stalling against the cage.
Crush is trying to break free.
Crush tries to circle away but Oliveira has him pinned against the cage.
Crush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch but Crush keeps him there for the moment.

Crush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Crush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some bone on bone action there as Oliveira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Crush pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
WiLL Crush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Crush takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as Oliveira lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crush doesn't seem phased though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wendell Oliveira.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oliveira, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wendell Oliveira!
Wendell Oliveira gave a mention to ANABOLIC **160** in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).