PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Hoberman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Oliveira's choice of entrance music: Don Omar - Danza Kuduro. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hoberman
vs
Oliveira

182 cm
32
193 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

180 cm
26
196 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Stonewall
{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitch Hoberman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hoberman moves into the clinch.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hoberman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oliveira trying to stall but Hoberman improves his position.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oliveira lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Oliveira.
Hoberman taking a breather.
Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oliveira tries a body shot but Hoberman blocks it.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoberman's brow.
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoberman misses with a knee strike.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oliveira trying to stall but Hoberman improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoberman misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Hoberman gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the cage.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Hoberman.
Hoberman lands a nice elbow.
Hoberman 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.
Hoberman landing knees to the body.
Hoberman is looking to control Oliveira's arms but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hoberman has his back to the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oliveira obliges.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Hoberman.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hoberman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oliveira looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman lands an elbow inside.
Hoberman landing knees to the body.
Hoberman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hoberman lands a good knee to the midsection. Oliveira won't want to take too many of those.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman effectively controlling the action here.
Hoberman lands an elbow just above Oliveira 's eye.
Hoberman blocks an uppercut.
Hoberman lands a knee to the body.
Hoberman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Hoberman.
Hoberman misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hoberman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Hoberman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hoberman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman lands an elbow just above Oliveira 's eye.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike.
Hoberman misses with a knee to the head.
Hoberman lands an elbow inside.
A short left from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hoberman.
Hoberman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oliveira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oliveira missing with knees to the body.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoberman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oliveiras head.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman stalling in the clinch.
Hoberman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oliveira's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a good knee to the midsection. Hoberman won't want to take too many of those.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hoberman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Oliveira is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hoberman dodges an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Hoberman lands a damaging elbow.
Hoberman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira lands a left hand.
Hoberman blocks an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Hoberman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hoberman lands a knee to the head.
Hoberman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oliveira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira throws a hook but Hoberman blocks it.
Oliveira misses with a looping right.
Hoberman digs a good body shot into Oliveira's ribs.
A big left from Oliveira misses.
Hoberman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoberman ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hoberman under the eye.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Oliveira is looking to chop away at Hoberman's legs.
Hoberman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoberman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliveira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oliveira delivers a nice body kick.
Hoberman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoberman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oliveira scores with a nice head shot.
Oliveira fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hoberman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoberman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oliveira will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Oliveira checks a leg kick.
Mitch Hoberman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira tries to land a leg kick but Hoberman saw it coming and moves away.
Hoberman avoids the body shot from Oliveira.
Hoberman misses with a two punch combination.
Hoberman throws a head kick but Oliveira moves out of range.
Hoberman fails to land with a series of punches.
Hoberman misses with a kick to the body.
Oliveira goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Oliveira wants to slow Hoberman down by chopping away at his legs.
Oliveira lands with an uppercut that bounces Hoberman off the cage and back into range.
Hoberman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oliveira thuds a left hand into Hoberman's body.
Oliveira throws a head kick that Hoberman semi-blocks.
Hoberman tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hoberman lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hoberman darts in and clinches Oliveira up against the cage.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Hoberman in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mitch Hoberman has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hoberman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oliveira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Hoberman.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Hoberman.
Hoberman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oliveira blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoberman looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oliveira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hoberman avoiding damage as Oliveira throws knees to the body.
Hoberman looking to stall.
Oliveira scores with a shoulder strike.
Hoberman 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.
Hoberman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mitch Hoberman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Oliveira crunches a lovely knee into Hoberman's ribcage.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hoberman 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.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hoberman throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Hoberman.
Hoberman dodges an elbow strike from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Hoberman shrugs off.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Hoberman.
Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoberman.
Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoberman.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Hoberman throws knees to the body.
Oliveira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Oliveira.
Oliveira takes an elbow to the temple.
Oliveira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoberman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oliveira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoberman's brow.
Nice elbow from Hoberman.
Hoberman lands a damaging elbow.
Hoberman managing to block the knees to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Oliveira.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoberman trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oliveira throws an elbow but misses.
Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mitch Hoberman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mitch Hoberman's cut.
That's time! Hoberman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hoberman tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Hoberman lands a glancing blow to the side of Oliveira's head.
Hoberman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oliveira fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hoberman.
Hoberman throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oliveira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oliveira lands with a hook. Hoberman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoberman circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hoberman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Hoberman.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oliveira, right into the meat.
Hoberman throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
Hoberman cracks a nice hook into Oliveira's ribs.
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 right-left combo lands from Hoberman.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hoberman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oliveira connects with a solid leg kick.
Hoberman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoberman moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoberman circles away quickly and effectively.
Hoberman is looking to clinch.
Hoberman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oliveira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hoberman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oliveira throws a nice looking combination but Hoberman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hoberman scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira takes one to the side of the head.
Hoberman misses with a kick to the body.
Hoberman misses with a wild body shot.
Hoberman scores with a nice body kick.
Oliveira scores with a nice strike.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Hoberman slips the punch.
Mitch Hoberman is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoberman throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Hoberman lands a really nice looking cross but Oliveira seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoberman throws a head kick but Oliveira moves out of range.
Hoberman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oliveira.
Hoberman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira throws a shot from downtown. Hoberman moves away and avoids it.
Hoberman takes one to the side of the head.
Oliveira throws a leg kick that misses.
Hoberman throws a big shot that misses.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Hoberman counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hoberman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Oliveira on the side of the head.
Oliveira lunges at Hoberman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hoberman's hand.
Hoberman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hoberman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hoberman wants to clinch.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoberman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira blocks a head kick by Hoberman.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oliveira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oliveira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hoberman lands a jab to Oliveira's midsection.
Hoberman throws a leg kick but Oliveira moved away.
Oliveira throws a lazy uppercut

and Hoberman counters with a head kick that drops Oliveira to the mat! Oliveira scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Oliveira is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hoberman drives through and clinches with Oliveira against the cage.
Oliveira is still on wobbly legs! Can Hoberman finish him?
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoberman has Oliveira pressed against the cage. He pushes Oliveira back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Hoberman throws a beautiful elbow that sends Oliveira crashing to the floor! Hoberman piles on the pressure with more strikes! Oliveira is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitch Hoberman!
Mitch Hoberman very nearly forgot to thank {R.W} Four Aces Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.