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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Napier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neil Napier!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napier feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Oliveira's calf.
Oliveira rushes Napier and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Napier tries to break free but Oliveira pushes him back against the cage.
Oliveira stalling against the cage.
Oliveira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Napier's efforts to push away.
Napier wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oliveira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oliveira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira has Napier pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Oliveira for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Napier tries to circle away but Oliveira has him pinned against the cage.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Napier avoids the elbow strike from Oliveira, against the cage.
Oliveira slowing the pace effectively.
Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napier bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Oliveira doesn't manage to clinch there - Napier circles away.
Oliveira throws a head kick but Napier moves out of range.
Napier throws a nice inside leg kick.
Napier lands a nice leg kick that just misses Oliveira's sensitive parts.
Napier throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Napier connects with a solid leg kick.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Napier lands with a kick to the ribs.
Napier throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Napier lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Napier tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira avoids the head kick by Napier.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Napier lands with a kick to the temple. Oliveira shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Napier lands a head kick!
Oliveira throws a lazy head kick
and Napier counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Oliveira moves into the clinch.
Oliveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Napier won't allow it.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries a knee to the head but Napier blocks it.
Oliveira looking to throw knees to the head but Napier is blocking nicely.
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 is stalling here.
Napier has had enough of the clinch but Oliveira keeps him there for the moment.
Oliveira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Napier blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Napier wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Napier dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Napier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oliveira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Napier up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Napier's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oliveira trying to land knees to the body.
Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Neil Napier has been cut.
Oliveira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Napier is breathing heavily.
Oliveira misses with a knee strike.
Oliveira has Napier pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira missing with knees to the body.
Oliveira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Napier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oliveira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oliveira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Napier with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Napier, pushing him back against the cage.
Napier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oliveira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oliveira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Napier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira misses with a body kick.
Neil Napier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Napier misses with a wild body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oliveira pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries a knee to the head but Napier blocks it.
Oliveira content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Oliveira connects with a knee to the head.
Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Oliveira.
Oliveira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira wants to clinch up but Napier keeps it at a distance.
Oliveira drives through and clinches with Napier against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
Napier avoids a wild elbow strike from Oliveira.
Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Oliveira to work.
Napier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Napier takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oliveira lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napier takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira closes the distance and clinches.
Rafael Oliveira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oliveira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Oliveira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Neil Napier'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!
Oliveira wants to clinch up but Napier keeps it at a distance.
Napier finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oliveira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That has opened up Neil Napier's cut even more.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick.
Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Napier gets tackled into the cage by Oliveira. Oliveira maintains the clinch.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Napier keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliveira wants to clinch up but Napier keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira has managed to clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Napier wants to get back to striking at distance but Oliveira won't allow it.
Napier takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oliveira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Napier blocks it with crossed arms.
Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Napier stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oliveira.
Oliveira rushes Napier and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Oliveira - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Napier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliveira leaning against his opponent.
Oliveira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Napier throws a sloppy head kick and Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Oliveira moves into the clinch.
Oliveira just leaning against Napier, taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira pushes off an throws an elbow but Napier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Oliveira.
Oliveira seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rafael Oliveira.
Oliveira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oliveira stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Napier's face.
Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The cut above Neil Napier's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Napier tries to break free but Oliveira pushes him back against the cage.
Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Oliveira.
Oliveira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Oliveira!
In his post fight interview, Rafael Oliveira started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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