PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bad Dawg (ranked 2167 p4p, 596 weight class) and Biscuit Oliva (ranked 265 p4p, 80 weight class). Oliva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vo Williams - Primal (ft. Vyceroy) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 Biscuit Oliva was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Dawg
vs
Oliva

193 cm
28
212
9 - 3 - 0

187 cm
28
215
13 - 6 - 2

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bad Dawg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biscuit Oliva!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dawg ducks under a wild hook from Oliva.
Oliva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dawg has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dawg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dawg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawg misses with a straight right.
Oliva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dawg.
Dawg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliva was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawg.
Dawg throws a series of punches but Oliva moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawg. Oliva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dawg jabs at Oliva's body.
Dawg is looking to wear down Oliva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dawg stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Biscuit Oliva has been cut.
Dawg jabs at Oliva's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawg misses with a lunging right hand
and Oliva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dawg with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva misses with a right hand
and Dawg counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oliva throws a lazy right hand but Dawg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dawg scores with a jab to the body.
Dawg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliva moves away.
A little jabbing left from Oliva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oliva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oliva misses with a lunging right hand
and Dawg counters with a straight right hand.
A left and a right from Dawg both land. Nice combination.
Dawg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliva manages to avoid it.
Dawg connects with a body shot that sends Oliva's belly button to the back.

Oliva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Dawg breaks the clinch.
Oliva moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliva avoids the body shot from Dawg.
Oliva doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Oliva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dawg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawg misses with an uppercut.
Oliva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dawg.
Oliva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dawg looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliva is just out of range.
Oliva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dawg is looking for a counter combo.
Dawg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dawg moves out of range as Oliva strikes.
Dawg lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dawg misses with a lunging right hand
and Oliva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dawg lands with an overhand left.
Dawg throws a right and a left that Oliva avoids nicely.
The crowd cheers as Dawg lands an impressive looking overhand right. Oliva doesn't seem phased though.
Oliva misses with a straight left.
Oliva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dawg scores with the left hand. Oliva knows he should have avoided that one.
Dawg misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oliva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dawg is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Oliva ducks under a wild hook from Dawg.
Dawg connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oliva takes a swing at Dawg's ribcage but misses.
Oliva throws a hook to the side of Dawg's head but Dawg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dawg misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawg. Oliva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Oliva misses.
Oliva misses with a straight right.
Dawg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliva manages to avoid it.
Oliva cracks Dawg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dawg getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oliva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawg scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliva. Dawg does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawg moves forwards but Oliva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dawg blocks a jab.
Dawg lands with an uppercut that bounces Oliva off the cage and back into range.
Dawg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dawg slips a jab from Oliva.

Oliva has closed the distance and engaged Dawg in a clinch.
Oliva lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Oliva.
Oliva stalling in the clinch.
Dawg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawg blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Oliva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oliva misses with a body punch.
Oliva has a couple of punches blocked by Dawg.
Oliva pushes Dawg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dawg is breathing heavily.
Oliva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bad Dawg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Biscuit Oliva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dawg scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oliva lands a jab to Dawg's midsection.
Dawg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oliva takes one to the side of the head.
Dawg throws a body shot but no joy.
Oliva slips a jab from Dawg.
Oliva just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliva looks to land a right hand but Dawg moved out of range.
Dawg just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliva looks to land a right hand but Dawg moved out of range.
Dawg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliva.
It looked like Dawg wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliva misses with an uppercut
and Dawg counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dawg throws a right and a left that Oliva avoids nicely.
Dawg throws a hook but Oliva blocks it.
Dawg lands with a nice body punch.
Dawg slips a straight right by Oliva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva throws a head kick but Dawg moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Dawg misses its target.
Oliva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dawg throws out the jab.
Oliva thinks about the counter body kick.
Dawg lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oliva at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Oliva misses the target.
Dawg scores with a decent looking hook.
Dawg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dawg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dawg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oliva can do to turn this around?
Dawg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Oliva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oliva takes one to the side of the head.
Dawg lands a jab to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Dawg. That snapped Oliva's head back.
Oliva misses with a body shot.
Oliva throws out a loose jab but Dawg uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawg misses with a hook. Oliva ducked under it nicely.
Dawg ducks under a wild hook from Oliva.
Oliva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dawg's head backwards.
Oliva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dawg counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dawg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dawg throws a shot from downtown. Oliva moves away and avoids it.
Oliva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dawg misses with an uppercut
and Oliva counters with a nice uppercut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Oliva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Oliva missing with a left hand there. Dawg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oliva throws a hook to the side of Dawg's head but Dawg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliva digs a good hook to Dawg's body.
Dawg with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliva to score with a decent uppercut.
Dawg scores with a shot to the body.
Dawg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oliva circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Dawg misses.
Dawg looks to throw the jab but Oliva is out of range.
Dawg misses with a combination
and Dawg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dawg throws a hook but Oliva blocks it.
Bad Dawg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawg lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dawg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dawg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oliva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oliva connects with a single shot there.
Dawg takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dawg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliva was well out of range. Poor timing from Dawg.
Oliva steps in with a hook that catches Dawg right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Oliva follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Dawg looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Biscuit Oliva!
After winning the bout, Biscuit Oliva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Bad Dawg spoke after the fight, saying 'I lost on purpose.'.