PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistar Oberream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Bourque acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Oberream
vs
Bourque

195 cm
21
275 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

194 cm
24
220 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alistar Oberream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque avoids the body shot from Oberream.
Oberream jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bourque tries to clinch but Oberream moves out of range.
Bourque tries to clinch up but Oberream circles away and keeps his distance.
Oberream circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oberream bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bourque's head backwards.
Bourque slips a straight right by Oberream.
Oberream lands a head shot.
Bourque is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bourque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oberream.
Bourque fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oberream misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oberream looks to land a right hand but Bourque moved out of range.

Bourque closes the distance and clinches.
Bourque displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oberream up against the cage.
Bourque lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oberream backwards.
Oberream's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bourque dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but Oberream blocks with his arms.
Bourque is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bourque blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque scores with a shoulder strike.
Oberream changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bourque fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Oberream throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bourque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oberream swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
Oberream fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bourque looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oberream lands with a shot to the body.
Oberream throws a shot from downtown. Bourque moves away and avoids it.
Oberream looks to land a left hand but Bourque moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Bourque.
Bourque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oberream digs a good body shot into Bourque's ribs.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
A jab from Bourque misses.
A left lands for Oberream.
Bourque takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bourque looks gassed!

Oberream looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oberream lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oberream sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bourque defending well though.
Oberream not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oberream looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bourque with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oberream thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bourque's head.
Oberream not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oberream has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oberream thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Oberream tries to pass to full mount but Bourque defends it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Oberream lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oberream sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bourque defending well though.
Oberream not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oberream scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bourque avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oberream.
Oberream working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oberream landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oberream thows a huge punch but Bourque dodges it nicely.
Bourque avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oberream.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Oberream.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bourque can do anything to dispel that myth.
Oberream working Bourque over with strikes.
Oberream throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oberream throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oberream working the head and body with strikes.
Oberream missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oberream throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oberream missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bourque tries to clinch up.
Oberream throws a jab when Bourque was well out of range.
Oberream lands with a nice body punch.
Bourque looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oberream lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Bourque pushes Oberream up against the cage in a clinch.
Bourque prevents the takedown attempt.
Bourque creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oberream's defenses.
Oberream wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oberream is looking to break free of the clinch but Bourque has double underhooks.
Oberream wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but Oberream blocks it.
Oberream scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oberream is trying to maintain a safe position but Bourque gets an underhook and turns Oberream into the cage.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque lands a nice elbow.
Bourque digs a right hand into Oberream's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Oberream's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Bourque fails to land.
Bourque prevents Oberream from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oberream wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
Oberream wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
Bourque misses with a knee strike.
Bourque unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oberream lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bourque throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oberreams head.
Oberream tries to work over Bourque's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bourque lands a knee to the head.
Bourque is struggling to control the position.
Oberream is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bourque gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Oberream is looking to break free of the clinch but Bourque has double underhooks.
Bourque gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oberream.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alistar Oberream. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bourque connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Oberream is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bourque.
Bourque with a knee to the head.
Bourque lands a nice elbow.
Bourque throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bourque throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oberream working aggressively here.
Bourque lands a damaging elbow.
A shot in the inside from Bourque.
Bourque is pressed up against the cage. Oberream has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bourque down to the mat. Bourque avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bourque throws a wild body kick that Oberream sees coming a mile off.
Bourque tries to clinch up but Oberream circles away and keeps his distance.
Bourque tries to clinch up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bourque. That's going to slow Oberream down.
Bourque is looking to clinch.
Oberream avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bourque stuffs the takedown.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - Oberream circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bourque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oberream.
Oberream circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - Oberream circles away.
Oberream tries to bum rush Bourque with a series of wild strikes but Bourque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oberream looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourque is just out of range.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oberream paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bourque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bourque is looking to clinch but Oberream is avoiding it.
Bourque plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Bourque has Oberream up against the cage in a clinch.
Oberream tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bourque with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bourque looking to throw knees to the head but Oberream is blocking nicely.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but Oberream blocks it.
Oberream lands with a light punch inside.
Oberream managing to block the knees to the body from Bourque.
Oberream is looking to break free of the clinch but Bourque has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bourque.
Oberream looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bourque makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bourque displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oberream up against the cage.
Oberream goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bourque prevents it.
Oberream has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bourque is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Bourque trying to land knees to the body.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but Oberream blocks it.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oberream.
Bourque stalling in the clinch but Oberream improves position.
Bourque using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oberream has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Bourque showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Oberream swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oberream fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bourque on the side of the head.
Brian Bourque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oberream paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bourque has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Oberream finds it's way round the side to connect with Bourque's head.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - Oberream circles away.
Bourque tries to clinch there but Oberream circles away.
Alistar Oberream is winning the standup battle so far.
Bourque walks into a left hand.
Oberream swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
Oberream keeps the fight on the outside.
Bourque avoids the body shot from Oberream.
Bourque is looking to clinch but Oberream is avoiding it.
Bourque moves in looking to clinch but Oberream pushes him off.
Oberream just misses with a punch to the body.
Oberream tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bourque was well out of range. Poor timing from Oberream.
Bourque fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bourque looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bourque takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bourque fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bourque cracks Oberream with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bourque takes the fight into the clinch.
Bourque lands with a left to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oberream. Bourque does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oberream circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oberream shoots in but no luck this time.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
Bourque takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bourque wants to clinch up but Oberream keeps it at a distance.

Bourque has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bourque missing with knees to the body.
Bourque is pushing Oberream up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bourque blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bourque gets underhooks to prevent Oberream's takedown attempt.
Bourque keeps control of Oberream as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oberream takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bourque lands with a right to the head.
Bourque leaning against his opponent.
Bourque missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oberream has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bourque avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alistar Oberream. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bourque is looking to control Oberream's arms but Oberream gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bourque has his back to the cage.
A short right from Bourque on the inside.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Oberream can't get the takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bourque.
Bourque gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oberream.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oberream drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bourque gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bourque looking to stall.
Oberream has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bourque is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Oberream is trying to break the clinch but Bourque has him pressed against the cage.
Bourque works on Oberream's body with a couple of short punches.
Oberream is looking to control Bourque's arms but Bourque gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oberream has his back to the cage.
Bourque taking a breather.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Oberream tries to pull guard but Bourque won't allow it.
Bourque misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Bourque.
Oberream wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bourque has him pressed against the cage.
Oberream tries for a takedown but Bourque manages to get underhooks.

That's four 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.
Bourque is pressed up against the cage. Oberream has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bourque down to the mat. Bourque avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Oberream scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Donk. Oberream catches Bourque right on the button with a cross.
Brian Bourque is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oberream connects with a nice looking jab.
Bourque moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oberream misses with a straight left.
Bourque avoids the body shot from Oberream.
Bourque wants to clinch.
Oberream with a jab.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - Oberream circles away.
Bourque tries to clinch but Oberream moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bourque looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oberream jabs at Bourque's body.
Oberream takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oberream throws a right hand that Bourque ducks under and follows up with a left that Bourque also avoids with ease.
Oberream looks to land a combination. Bourque sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alistar Oberream showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Oberream has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistar Oberream!