PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Sherman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Sherman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oliveira
vs
Sherman

185 cm
27
223 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

185 cm
26
217 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Sherman!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Oliveira misses its intended target.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sherman circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sherman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sherman tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Sherman ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Fabio Oliveira has been cut.
Sherman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sherman manages to avoid it.

Sherman clinches with his opponent.
Oliveira is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sherman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Oliveira has clasped his hands together around Sherman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sherman wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sherman's face as Oliveira controls the position.
Oliveira lands an elbow.
Sherman tries to bench press Oliveira off him but Oliveira keeps the position.
Oliveira tries to score with some ground and pound. Sherman controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sherman is looking to reverse the position.
Sherman can't do much from the bottom here.
Sherman gets back to half guard.
Oliveira prevents Sherman from improving his position.
Sherman is trying to control but can't.
Oliveira is keen to just control but Sherman is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira throwing shots but Sherman is blocking nicely.
Sherman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherman wants to control but Oliveira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira is trying to control the action in half guard but Sherman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sherman is trying is best to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Michael Sherman was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Sherman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Sherman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Sherman moves out of range.
A big right from Oliveira misses.
Oliveira avoids the head kick by Sherman.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sherman doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sherman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Sherman avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sherman scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sherman, right into the meat.
Sherman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliveira.
A clash of legs there as Oliveira blocks the low kick.
Sherman throws a head kick that misses.
Sherman pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Sherman pushes Oliveira up against the cage in a clinch.

Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Oliveira.
Sloppy strikes from Oliveira. Those never looked like landing.
Oliveira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Sherman.
Oliveira takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Sherman instigates a clinch.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Sherman.

Oliveira has clasped his hands together around Sherman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Sherman is trying to get back to his feet.
Sherman can't do much from the bottom here.
Sherman trying his best to control but Oliveira has mounted him.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sherman tries to lock up and control but Oliveira gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sherman is working to get back to half guard.
Sherman taking shots to the head.
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 Fabio Oliveira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fabio Oliveira's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Oliveira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sherman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Sherman moves into the clinch successfully.
Sherman tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira is trying to force a seperation but Sherman has the dominant position.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sherman prevents the takedown attempt.
Sherman pushes off an throws an elbow but Oliveira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
Sherman prevents the takedown attempt.
Sherman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sherman misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira tries to circle away but Sherman has him pinned against the cage.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike.
Sherman looking to stall.
Sherman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sherman scores with a shoulder strike.
Oliveira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sherman pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is trying to drag Sherman to the mat but Sherman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sherman tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sherman misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sherman after a bit of a struggle.
Sherman lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sherman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.
Sherman is pressed up against the cage. Oliveira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sherman down to the mat. Sherman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sherman moves into the clinch.
Oliveira drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sherman pushes Oliveira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sherman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Sherman gets underhooks to prevent Oliveira's takedown attempt.
Oliveira goes for a takedown attempt but Sherman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice shot by Sherman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sherman.
Oliveira cracks Sherman with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Sherman misses
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Sherman tried to score with a low kick but Oliveira checks it.
Sherman scores with a head kick. Oliveira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sherman throws a leg kick that misses.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.
Sherman connects with an inside leg kick.
Sherman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sherman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Sherman moves into range and clinches up with Oliveira.
Sherman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oliveira is defending well for now.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherman lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Sherman.
Oliveira avoids the elbow strike from Sherman, against the cage.
Oliveira controlling the action here for a moment.
Sherman is looking to control Oliveira's arms but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sherman has his back to the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sherman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sherman is keeping busy.
Sherman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Sherman looking to stall.
Oliveira tries to score a body lock takedown but Sherman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sherman wants to slow Oliveira down by chopping away at his legs.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Sherman is just out of range.
Sherman thuds his shin into the meat of Oliveira's side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherman scores with a head kick.

Oliveira is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sherman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oh Oliveira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Fabio Oliveira's cut is getting worse.
Oliveira avoids a punch combination nicely.

Sherman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sherman creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Oliveira with a big uppercut! Oliveira tries to clinch up but Sherman pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Oliveira to the mat! Oliveira covers up and Sherman unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Sherman!