PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaiser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes to the cage accompanied by Don Omar - Danza Kuduro. This should be a great matchup!

Oliveira
vs
Soze

180 cm
26
196 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
32
192 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Stonewall

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaiser Soze!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Soze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Soze's corner calls for a 1-2. Soze obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oliveira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oliveira lands a head shot.
Good work by Soze as he checks the leg kick.
Soze blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Soze misses.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Soze counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soze.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oliveira cracks the inside of Soze's front leg.
Oliveira connects with a looping right hand.
Soze checks a leg kick nicely.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oliveira wants to clinch.
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 solid leg kick lands there for Oliveira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oliveira throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oliveira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oliveira jabs Soze right on the nose. Soze blinks but takes it well.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Oliveira misses with a low kick.

Oliveira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Soze avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sozes head.
Soze avoiding damage as Oliveira throws knees to the body.
Soze has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Oliveira after a bit of a struggle.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soze backwards.
Soze avoids the elbow strike from Oliveira, against the cage.
Oliveira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Soze up against the cage.
Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soze wants a takedown but no success here.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Soze shrugs off.
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!
Soze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soze blocks the elbow strike.
Soze tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ricardo Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaiser Soze.
Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soze's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira keeps control of Soze as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soze's brow.
Oliveira lands a damaging elbow.
Soze is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Soze up against the cage.
Oliveira misses with an elbow over the top.
Oliveira lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Oliveira.
Oliveira working Soze over with knees to the body.
Soze looks gassed!
Soze dodges an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Soze drops down looking for an ankle pick but Oliveira pulls his leg out and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a head kick.
Oliveira tried to score with a low kick but Soze checks it.
Soze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oliveira.
Soze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Oliveira is fending him off so far but Soze persists. Nope, Oliveira circles away and we're back to standing.
Soze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oliveira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Soze.
Oliveira throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Soze does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira misses with a head kick.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Soze ducks under and follows up with a left that Soze also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Oliveira dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oliveira misses with a double jab.
Oliveira with a jab.

Soze throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Oliveira was covering up waiting for the punch and Soze finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Soze from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oliveira is on top in guard.
Oliveira has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Soze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oliveira engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Oliveira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Soze is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soze is keeping the position for now.
Soze pulls Oliveira in close to his closed guard and prevents Oliveira from doing any damage or advancing position.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Soze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira advances position into side control!
Oliveira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Soze keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze is trying to get back to half guard.
Oliveira lands some shots froms side control.
Oliveira slows the pace down.
Oliveira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Soze to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working the ground and pound from side control.
Oliveira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Soze to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Oliveira seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
An elbow from Oliveira crashes against the mat.
Soze is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Oliveira's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Soze is concentrating on defense, preventing Oliveira from advancing position.
Ricardo Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oliveira seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Soze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Oliveira wants to free his trapped foot but Soze is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira is looking to pass Soze's guard but actually Soze recovers to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soze wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soze keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Oliveira dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Oliveira with a jab.
Soze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Soze there as he acknowledges the shot.
Soze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oliveira wants to clinch.
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Soze circles away and keeps his distance.
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soze can do to turn this around?
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soze's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Soze missing with a left hand there. Oliveira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Soze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oliveira.
Kaiser Soze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Soze.
Oliveira throws a head kick but Soze moves out of range.
Soze fails with a takedown attempt.
Soze closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oliveira.
Soze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Soze shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Soze was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Oliveira regains half guard.
Oliveira moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oliveira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Oliveira there.
Oliveira landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Soze is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soze is trying to stand.
Kaiser Soze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
Oliveira stalling away here and it's allowed Soze to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Soze being controlled here, momentarily.
Soze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliveira.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
Oliveira throws a big right hand that misses.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oliveira preventing the sweep.
Soze looking to control.
Oliveira trying to control but Soze is working from the bottom.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oliveira is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Oliveira stops Soze from standing up.
Ricardo Oliveira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soze keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ricardo Oliveira.
Oliveira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Soze throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira scores with a head kick. Soze tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oliveira 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Oliveira!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ricardo Oliveira made sure he mentioned [WAO]MADE IN GERMANY, along with how happy he was to win his fight.