PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominique Tiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Oliveira
vs
Tiago

181 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hudson Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominique Tiago!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tiago closes the distance and clinches.

Oliveira gets control of Tiago's arms and successfully pulls guard. Oliveira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tiago postures up.
Oliveira seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Oliveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tiago throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oliveira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tiago won't allow Oliveira to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tiago accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tiago throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira is trying to keep Tiago in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Tiago closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the cage.

Oliveira successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tiago wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Oliveira's closed guard. He's half up but Oliveira has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Oliveira pivots and extends the arm, Tiago falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Oliveira! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hudson Oliveira!