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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ship (ranked 1389 p4p, 1684 weight class) and Biscuit Oliva (ranked 70 p4p, 83 weight class). Oliva has chosen Vo Williams - Primal (ft. Vyceroy) as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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16 - 22 - 0 |
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194 cm
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10 - 6 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Ship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biscuit Oliva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ship throws a hook but Oliva blocks it.
Ship sizes up Oliva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oliva tries to land a front kick but Ship steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Oliva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oliva.
Oliva with the inside leg kick.
Oliva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oliva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ship checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ship drops down looking for a counter takedown but Oliva sprawls and moves away.
Oliva throws a chopping leg kick but Ship manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've been informed that Oliva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Biscuit Oliva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliva fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliva tries a low kick but Ship avoids it.
Oliva wants to slow Ship down by chopping away at his legs.
Ship drops down looking for a counter takedown but Oliva sprawls and moves away.
Oliva throws a front kick aimed at Ship's knee but Ship avoids it well.
Oliva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ship takes a step back to recover.
Ship misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva throws a low kick but Ship moves out of range easily.
Ship 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.
Oliva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A swing and a miss from Ship.
Oliva wants to slow Ship down by chopping away at his legs.
Oliva looks to land a body kick but Ship moved away.
Oliva motions for Ship to come forward. Oliva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oliva misses with a low kick.
Ship throws a hook to the side of Oliva's head but Oliva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ship bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oliva thumps Ship with a low kick.
Ship tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliva flicks out a counter leg kick but Ship steps away.
Ship misses with a straight left.
Oliva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ship lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliva defending well as Ship loads up on a big left hand.
Oliva appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Oliva thows a leg kick but Ship checks it
and Ship counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ship not doing much here.
Oliva gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliva is trying to control the position but Ship postures up.
Oliva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ship is one step ahead there.
Ship trying to control but Oliva is working from the bottom.
Ship preventing the sweep.
Oliva working a defensive guard but Ship manages to pass into side control anyway.
Oliva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ship is pressing down on Oliva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Oliva is holding on for now.
Ship prevents Oliva from improving his position.
Oliva trying to control but Ship postures up.
Oliva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oliva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ship won't allow Oliva to sweep him here.
Ship drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ship jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Oliva working a defensive guard here.
Ship won't allow Oliva to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Oliva has his hands on Ship's head, controlling the position.
Ship passes Oliva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ship wants to free his trapped foot but Oliva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Oliva is trying to get back to full guard.
Oliva trying to control from the bottom.
Ship is working for a kimura but Oliva is defending it quite comfortably.
Oliva is trying to control but can't.
Oliva is not content to let Ship control the position.
Oliva regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Ship dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A thudding body kick lands there by Oliva!
Ship looks to land a left hand but Oliva moved out of range nicely.
Ship cracks Oliva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Ship blocks the low kick.
Oliva connects with an inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Ship blocks the leg kick.
Oliva throws a solid leg kick but Ship takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Oliva.
Oliva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oliva throws a low kick, looking for Ship's leg but Ship calmly moves out of range.
Oliva misses with a kick to the body.
Biscuit Oliva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliva throws a leg kick
and Ship counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oliva keeping hold of Ship's head, controlling as best he can.
Oliva gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ship won't allow Oliva to sweep him here.
Ship wants to control from the top but Oliva keeps moving.
Oliva looking for a sweep. Not yet Oliva, not yet.
Oliva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ship stopping the sweep attempt from Oliva.
Oliva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ship thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliva keeping moving, preventing Ship from controlling successfully.
Ship preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ship sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Oliva's guard.
Ship prevents Oliva from improving his position.
Ship looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ship tries to pass to full mount but Oliva defends it.
Oliva is concentrating on defense, preventing Ship from advancing position.
Ship is looking for a kimura but Oliva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ship to get the leverage.
Oliva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ship is working away from the top position though.
Oliva is trying to get back to full guard.
Ship is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliva tries to get to full guard but Ship has control of the leg.
Roman Ship overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oliva is staying active underneath Ship, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Oliva tries to get to full guard but Ship has control of the leg.
Oliva gets full guard.
Ship stopping the sweep attempt from Oliva.
Ship stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oliva is still trying to improve position.
Oliva is controlling Ship's posture.
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.
Ship trying to control but Oliva is working from the bottom.
Oliva keeping full guard, as Ship tries to pass.
Oliva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ship manages to get himself to full guard.
Oliva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Oliva trying to control the position from guard on top but Ship is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oliva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roman Ship will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ship's corner calls for a 1-2. Ship obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ship connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oliva momentarily.
Oliva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ship throws a shot from downtown. Oliva moves away and avoids it.
Ship scores with a jab.
Ship lands with a good body shot.
Oliva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliva misses with a low kick.
Ship throws a body punch but Oliva moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Oliva, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ship cracks Oliva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Ship throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ship throws out a loose jab but Oliva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliva misses with a leg kick.
Ship half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Oliva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ship!
Ship is trying to escape the position but Oliva is controlling the position.
Oliva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ship keeps working.
Ship on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ship tries to improve position but can't.
Oliva tries to advance to mount but Ship denies him.
Oliva works to advance to full mount. Ship defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ship tries to hold on but Oliva pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliva controlling the position easily from mount.
Ship is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oliva controlling from mount.
Oliva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oliva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oliva scoring with strikes but Ship is staying in there.
It looks like Roman Ship has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oliva tries to control but Ship wriggling away.
Oliva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oliva trying to control but Ship is having none of it.
Ship tries to hold on but Oliva pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliva wants to control the pace but Ship is squirming around nicely.
Ship is looking to improve his position but Oliva isn't that keen on the idea.
Oliva with shots to the head and body - Ship looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roman Ship's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Oliva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ship is looking to escape.
Ship tries to hold on but Oliva postures up.
Oliva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oliva controlling the pace for now.
Oliva landing strikes from the mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Biscuit Oliva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ship 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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