PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zenon Dark (ranked 5937 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Oliveira (ranked 8716 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dark
vs
Oliveira

178 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zenon Dark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcos Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dark feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Oliveira looking to control.
Oliveira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dark is one step ahead there.
Dark pushes down on Oliveira's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dark content to control rather than advance.
Dark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dark engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Oliveira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to sweep here but Dark controlling him for the moment.
Dark seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dark's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dark distracts Oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Oliveira is trying to keep Dark in close.
Dark throws an elbow that misses. Oliveira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dark's guard. Nice move by Oliveira!

Oliveira pushes down on Dark's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dark keeping control of the position.
Dark continues to stall.
Oliveira is stalling here. Dark is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Oliveira seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dark has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Dark politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dark prefers to stall for the moment though.
Oliveira is trying to get back to his feet.
Dark advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dark sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oliveira is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Oliveira regains half guard.
Dark with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Oliveira manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dark controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dark wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zenon Dark dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dark gets a clinch.
Oliveira drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dark pulls his leg out and moves away.

Dark gets the takedown into side control.
Oliveira trying to remain calm as Dark controls from the top position.
Oliveira is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lull in the action here as Dark stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira defending against the ground and pound.
Oliveira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dark wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oliveira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dark is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Oliveira is not content to let Dark control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Oliveira manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Oliveira prevents Dark from improving his position.
Dark is staying active underneath Oliveira, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Oliveira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oliveira trying to control from half guard but Dark is working away.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dark moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Dark keeps moving.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dark avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dark lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dark trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.

Dark throws a sloppy strike and Oliveira has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Dark is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Oliveira!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcos Oliveira!