PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pollito Oviedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oviedo comes to the cage accompanied by Tony Presidio. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Oviedo
vs
West

205 cm
23
270 lbs
1 - 11 - 0

225 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pollito Oviedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joey West!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oviedo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into West's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
West is looking to stand up but Oviedo isn't so interested in that idea.
Oviedo looking to sit in guard and control but West gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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

Oviedo stands up from guard. Let's bang!

West closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Oviedo.

It looks like Joey West has been cut.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oviedo.
West looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
West takes a knee to the side of the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Oviedo.
Oviedo looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Oviedo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Oviedo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oviedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oviedo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oviedo lands a nice knee to the body.
Oviedo lands a nice knee to the body.
West is trying to break the clinch but Oviedo is controlling him.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oviedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oviedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head.
Oviedo prevents West from breaking the clinch.
Oviedo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head.
West is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oviedo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo works on West's body with a couple of short punches.
Oviedo controlling the action here for a moment.
Oviedo tries to stall but West uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oviedo scores with a knee to the head.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
Oviedo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oviedo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West wants to break free but Oviedo has control.
West wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oviedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oviedo is trying to stall.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section. West lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oviedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Oviedo.

West is rocked!
Knees to the body from Oviedo.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Oviedo finish him?
Oviedo landing knees to the head.
Oviedo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oviedo.
Oviedo landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oviedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
West seems to have recovered his senses.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section. West lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oviedo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oviedo lands with a light punch inside.
Oviedo lands a nice knee to the body.
Oviedo with a knee to the head.
Oviedo lands a knee to the body.
Oviedo misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo misses with a knee to the head.
Oviedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oviedo scores a nice knee to the body.
Oviedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to West's face.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oviedo working West over with knees to the body.
Oviedo scores a nice knee to the body.
West can't break the clinch.
West is trying to break free.
A short left from Oviedo.
Oviedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oviedo lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oviedo with a knee to the head.
West wants to break free but Oviedo has control.
Oviedo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oviedo lands a nice knee to the body.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollito Oviedo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey West's cut.
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.

Oviedo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. West looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Oviedo decides to stand back up.

Oviedo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into West's guard.

Oviedo stands up and waves to West to follow him.

Oviedo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oviedo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
West pushes Oviedo off looking to stand but Oviedo dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oviedo gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

West has Oviedo up against the cage in a clinch.
Oviedo lands a good knee to the midsection. West won't want to take too many of those.
Oviedo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oviedo lands a good knee to the midsection. West won't want to take too many of those.
Oviedo lands an elbow that stopped West in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oviedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oviedo.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oviedo scores with a knee to the head.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West takes an elbow to the temple.
Oviedo misses with a knee to the head.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oviedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
West is trying to break the clinch but Oviedo is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oviedo.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
West takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oviedo lands a knee to the head.
Oviedo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oviedo landing knees to the head.
West wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oviedo lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oviedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oviedo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oviedo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
West tries to break free but Oviedo pushes him back against the cage.
Oviedo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Oviedo moves into the clinch successfully.
West tries to break free but Oviedo pushes him back against the cage.
Pollito Oviedo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oviedo has West pressed against the cage, preventing West from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oviedo looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Oviedo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oviedo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West is trying to force a seperation but Oviedo has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite West's efforts to push away.
Oviedo throws an elbow that misses.
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!
West can't break the clinch.
Oviedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
West takes an elbow to the temple.
Oviedo landing knees to the head.
A short uppercut from Oviedo.
Oviedo prevents West from breaking the clinch.
West tries to circle away but Oviedo has him pinned against the cage.
Oviedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oviedo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oviedo connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oviedo working West over with knees to the body.
Oviedo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.
West wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollito Oviedo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey West's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Oviedo gets a takedown into half guard.

Oviedo is working for a kimura but West is defending it quite comfortably.
West is trying to stand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Oviedo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oviedo tries to keep at a distance but West has taken the fight into the clinch.
West is looking to break free of the clinch but Oviedo has double underhooks.
West can't break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
West wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oviedo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
West is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
West is trying to break the clinch but Oviedo is controlling him.
West working hard to break the clinch.
Oviedo working West over with knees to the body.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
Oviedo tries to land a knee to the head but West blocks with his arms.
Oviedo with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joey West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oviedo misses with a knee strike.
Oviedo looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
Oviedo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oviedo keeps control of West as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oviedo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oviedo connects with a knee to the head.
Oviedo trying to land knees to the body.
West lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
West wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oviedo has him pressed against the cage.
West has had enough of the clinch but Oviedo keeps him there for the moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Oviedo.
Oviedo stalling the fight.
Oviedo keeps control of West as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
West wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oviedo has him pressed against the cage.
Oviedo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oviedo lands a knee to the body.
Oviedo misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West tries to circle away but Oviedo has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Oviedo.
Oviedo has West pressed against the cage, preventing West from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oviedo misses with a knee strike.
West being controlled against the cage.
West tries to break the clinch but Oviedo is controlling the position.
Oviedo lands a knee to the body.
Oviedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to West's face.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section. West lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oviedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to West's face.
Oviedo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oviedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oviedo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.

West pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oviedo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Oviedo working for a submission but West is keeping him at bay.
West really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oviedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oviedo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Oviedo stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Pollito Oviedo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Oviedo scores a takedown into full mount!
Oviedo thowing shots but they're missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pollito Oviedo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oviedo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pollito Oviedo!