PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Hugo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Victor Hugo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

de Oliveira
vs
Hugo

201 cm
32
282 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

188 cm
31
250 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Cynical Truth (steel penn)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luciano de Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Hugo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hugo throws a combination that misses
enabling de Oliveira to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Victor Hugo has been cut.
de Oliveira misses with a head kick.

Hugo clinches up against the cage.
Hugo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hugo stalling in the clinch but de Oliveira improves position.
Hugo wants to break free but de Oliveira has control.
de Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hugo trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hugo tries to break the clinch but de Oliveira is controlling the position.
Hugo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but de Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Hugo managing to block the knees to the body from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hugo avoids it.
Hugo is trying to stall.
de Oliveira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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!

Hugo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hugo misses.
de Oliveira tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from de Oliveira. Hugo does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hugo rushes de Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.
Hugo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but de Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Hugo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hugo has de Oliveira pressed against the cage.
de Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hugo lands a damaging elbow.
de Oliveira taking a breather.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but Hugo blocks it.
de Oliveira connects with a knee to the head.
Hugo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Hugo blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Hugo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira has Hugo pressed against the cage, preventing Hugo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
de Oliveira trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
de Oliveira trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira stalls.
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!
de Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hugo trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hugo has de Oliveira pushed against the cage.
de Oliveira throws an elbow that misses.
Hugo taking a breather.
de Oliveira misses with a knee strike.
de Oliveira misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hugo.
Hugo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Luciano de Oliveira's cut is getting worse.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
de Oliveira misses with a knee strike.
Hugo lands a nice elbow.

Hugo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Hugo.
de Oliveira throws a head kick that misses

and Hugo counters with a flying knee that drops de Oliveira!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hugo wants to stand but de Oliveira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hugo is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Victor Hugo wasn't active enough on the ground.
de Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hugo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but de Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
de Oliveira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hugo.
Hugo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but de Oliveira circles away quickly and effectively.

Hugo lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends de Oliveira sprawling to the canvas. Hugo follows him down, looking for the kill. Can de Oliveira hang on?

de Oliveira is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hugo wants to stand up but de Oliveira is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Hugo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hugo moves into range and clinches up with de Oliveira.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Hugo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
de 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.
de Oliveira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hugo is defending well for now.
Hugo wants to break the clinch but can't.
de Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hugo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
de Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Hugo avoids the damage to the body.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Hugo blocks with his arms.
Hugo working hard to break the clinch.
de Oliveira looking to throw knees to the head but Hugo is blocking nicely.

Hugo manages to break the clinch.
de Oliveira throws a leg kick which misses Hugo's front leg but catches the back leg as Hugo tries to avoid it.
Victor Hugo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hugo blocks a head kick by de Oliveira.
Hugo throws a series of punches but de Oliveira moves out of range.
Hugo misses with an uppercut
and de Oliveira counters with a good, hard body kick but Hugo shrugs it off.
Victor Hugo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugo throws a left and a right that both miss
and de Oliveira counters with a solid body kick.
Victor Hugo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hugo is breathing heavily.
Hugo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but de Oliveira checks it well.
Hugo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hugo rushes de Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Hugo blocks with his arms.

Hugo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hugo throws a series of punches but de Oliveira moves out of range.
Hugo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

de Oliveira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
de Oliveira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
de Oliveira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
de Oliveira keeps control of Hugo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hugo blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
Hugo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
de Oliveira throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hugo working hard to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hugo stalling in the clinch but de Oliveira improves position.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
de Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Hugo gets an underhook and turns de Oliveira into the cage.

Hugo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hugo misses with a double jab.
Hugo throws a nice looking combination but de Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hugo throws a right hand that de Oliveira ducks under and follows up with a left that de Oliveira also avoids with ease.
de Oliveira misses with a head kick.
Hugo avoids the head kick by de Oliveira.
Hugo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but de Oliveira circles away quickly and effectively.
de Oliveira dodges the punch combination from Hugo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugo misses with a jab, cross combination.
A bone on bone clash there as de Oliveira blocks the leg kick.
Hugo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hugo.
Hugo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Luciano de Oliveira's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hugo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and de Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch.
de Oliveira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hugo can't break the clinch.

Hugo breaks the clinch.
Hugo throws a combination. de Oliveira tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hugo misses with a few strikes there.
Hugo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
de Oliveira tries to clinch up but Hugo circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hugo throws a series of punches but de Oliveira moves out of range.
de Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.
de Oliveira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
de Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.

de Oliveira pushes Hugo up against the cage in a clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hugo. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
de Oliveira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hugo is defending well for now.
Hugo is trying to push de Oliveira away but de Oliveira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hugo is trying to stall.
de Oliveira stalling the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hugo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
de Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Hugo avoids the damage to the body.

Hugo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Hugo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Victor Hugo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

de Oliveira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hugo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
de Oliveira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hugo is out of range.
Hugo misses with a wild combination.
Hugo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hugo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
de Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Hugo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
de Oliveira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hugo scores with a body shot.
Hugo misses with a combination
and de Oliveira counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hugo is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugo thows a body kick. de Oliveira tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hugo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Nice combo by Hugo! Oh, that's hurt him - de Oliveira falls to the canvas and Hugo follows him into side control.
Oh de Oliveira is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Oliveira bucks up and tries to throw Hugo off but instead Hugo has got his back!

Hugo gets back to his feet - a bit of a stange decision given the position he was in.
de Oliveira seems to have got his legs back now.
Hugo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Hugo bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops de Oliveira! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Jeez, Luciano de Oliveira's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luciano de Oliveira's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Victor Hugo!