PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Oliveria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Neville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oliveria
vs
Neville

185 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
30
215 lbs
8 - 16 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Oliveria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Neville!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveria attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Neville ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A clash of legs there as Neville blocks the low kick.
Neville tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliveria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Oliveria finds it's target.
Neville tries to score with a low kick but Oliveria moves his leg out of the way.
Oliveria pushes Neville away with a front kick.
Oliveria misses the jab.
Neville tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliveria moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Robert Neville has been cut.
Oliveria misses with a low kick.
Oliveria throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oliveria throws a sloppy head kick and Neville moves out of range easily.
Oliveria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good work by Neville as he checks the leg kick.
Thiago Oliveria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveria gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Neville moves into the clinch.
Oliveria is trying to force a seperation but Neville has the dominant position.
Oliveria has had enough of the clinch but Neville keeps him there for the moment.
Oliveria wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Oliveria has had enough of the clinch but Neville keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neville throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Neville.

It looks like Thiago Oliveria has been cut.
Neville throws an elbow that misses.
Oliveria wants to get back to striking at distance but Neville won't allow it.
Oliveria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Neville.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Neville takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oliveria is trying to push Neville away but Neville has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Oliveria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliveria pivots, looking for a leg kick but Neville is out of range and Oliveria settles back down.
Oliveria thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Neville if he has to take too many more of those.
Neville has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Oliveria checks a low kick from Neville.
Oliveria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neville was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliveria.
Oliveria throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Neville moves out of range of the body kick from Oliveria.
Oliveria swats away the attempt to clinch by Neville.
Neville blocks a head kick by Oliveria.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveria throws a head kick that misses

and Neville counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Neville looking to finish!

Oliveria is rocked!
Oliveria is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Neville decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Oh Oliveria is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Neville darts in and clinches Oliveria up against the cage.
Neville comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Neville lands a nice elbow.
Neville will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oliveria up against the cage.
Neville creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Oliveria! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Neville.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Neville!