PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flo Simba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flo Simba told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Oliveira
vs
Simba

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
222 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Flo Simba!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simba with a nice cross.
Simba connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice takedown defense from Simba. No joy for Oliveira on that attempt.
Simba throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Oliveira on the side of the head.
Simba scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Hugo Oliveira has been cut.
Simba lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira moves to clinch but Simba breaks away
and Simba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Simba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Oliveira is rocked!
Jab from Simba.
Oh Oliveira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Simba slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Simba connects with a body shot that sends Oliveira's belly button to the back.
Simba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Simba lands a nice looking body shot.
Oliveira moves to clinch but Simba breaks away
and Simba makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Simba is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Oliveira had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Simba steps in with a hook that catches Oliveira right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Simba follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Oliveira looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flo Simba!
After winning the bout, Flo Simba thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.