PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Claude Patrick
vs
Oliveira

184 cm
21
207 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

187 cm
34
200 lbs
19 - 4 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick throws a hook but Oliveira blocks it.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Oliveira scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Oliveira lands a nice short elbow.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Patrick is defending well.
Patrick tries to kick Oliveira off but Oliveira keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Patrick looking for submissions off his back.
Oliveira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but Patrick defending well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Oliveira is thwarting Patrick's attempts to control the position.
Oliveira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Patrick defending well though.
Patrick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.
Patrick is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Patrick is defending well.
Patrick is trying to get back to full guard.
Oliveira moves nicely into side control.
Oliveira wants to control but Patrick is keeping him busy.
Patrick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Oliveira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oliveira throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Patrick stops Oliveira from passing to mount.
Patrick tries to bench press Oliveira off him but Oliveira keeps the position.
Patrick is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Oliveira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Patrick down.
Patrick sneaks back into half guard.
Oliveira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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!
Patrick taking some punishment here, with Oliveira in his half guard.
Oliveira moves nicely into side control.
Patrick managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Oliveira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Patrick keeps working.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to move into full mount but can't pass Patrick's legs.
You can see the frustration on Patrick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The strikes coming from Oliveira are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Oliveira in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Oliveira throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Oliveira grinds an elbow into Patrick's temple.
Patrick manages to work his way to half guard, despite Oliveira's best efforts.
Oliveira tries to pass to full mount but Patrick defends it.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oliveira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oliveira not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Oliveira.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oliveira punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oliveira raining down hammerfists from mount.

Patrick is rocked!
Patrick on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Patrick tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira lands a big elbow - Patrick is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Patrick is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raimundo Oliveira!
Raimundo Oliveira took some time post fight to say the following; 'Não gosto de decisões, sou um nocauteador artístico. I don't like decisions, I'm a knockout artist.'.