PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno De Oliveira (ranked 6378 p4p, 4654 weight class) and Igor Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

De Oliveira
vs
Karelin

225 cm
25
265
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
265
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno De Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Igor Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Karelin drives through and clinches with De Oliveira against the cage.
De Oliveira wants a takedown.
Karelin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Karelin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karelin swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Karelin fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging De Oliveira to the ground. Karelin is now in De Oliveira's guard.
De Oliveira working a defensive guard here.
Karelin content to stall in guard here.
De Oliveira will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

De Oliveira has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Karelin doesn't defend quickly enough and De Oliveira has managed to lock this one up! Can Karelin escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to De Oliveira on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bruno De Oliveira!