PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kegomoditswe Vermeulen (ranked 4089 p4p, 3520 weight class) and Vincenzo Oliveira (ranked 512 p4p, 468 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Vermeulen
vs
Oliveira

201 cm
28
210
8 - 6 - 0

192 cm
23
201
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kegomoditswe Vermeulen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincenzo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vermeulen moves into the clinch successfully.
Vermeulen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vermeulen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliveira's efforts to push away.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
Oliveira fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oliveira motions for Vermeulen to come forward. Oliveira throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira unleashes a big counter combination but Vermeulen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Vermeulen fails in his attempt to clinch.

Vermeulen moves into range and clinches up with Oliveira.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vermeulen throws an elbow but misses.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Vermeulen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Vermeulen won't allow it.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Vermeulen is controlling him.
Vermeulen throws an elbow that misses.
Oliveira is trying to force a seperation but Vermeulen has the dominant position.
Vermeulen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Oliveira manages to break the clinch.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Oliveira.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oliveira is looking to break free of the clinch but Vermeulen has double underhooks.
Oliveira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vermeulen has him pressed against the cage.
Vermeulen misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vermeulen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.
Vermeulen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vermeulen throws an elbow but misses.
Oliveira blocks the elbow strike.
Oliveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Vermeulen won't allow it.
Vermeulen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike.
Vermeulen lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Vincenzo Oliveira has been cut.
Oliveira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vermeulen has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Oliveira - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Vermeulen has him pressed against the cage.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch but Vermeulen keeps him there for the moment.
Oliveira wants to break free but Vermeulen has control.
A frustrated look appears on Oliveira's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking to control Vermeulen's arms but Vermeulen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oliveira has his back to the cage.
Oliveira has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vermeulen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Oliveira can turn it around.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oliveira avoids the elbow strike from Vermeulen, against the cage.
Vermeulen misses with an elbow over the top.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen throws an elbow that misses.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Vermeulen.

Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
Vermeulen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vermeulen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliveira throws a lazy right hand but Vermeulen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliveira wants to land a leg kick but Vermeulen is out of range.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira 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.
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Vermeulen is out of range.
A jab from Oliveira finds it's way through Vermeulen's defenses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vermeulen moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vermeulen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Vermeulen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Oliveira connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vermeulen momentarily.
Vermeulen wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira thows a body kick. Vermeulen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vermeulen tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vermeulen on the side of the head.
Oliveira lands the left hand.
Vermeulen tries to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a straight right hand.
Oliveira lands the left hand.

Vermeulen closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the cage.
Vermeulen lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliveira's efforts to push away.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Vermeulen moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vermeulen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oliveira throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Vermeulen closes the distance but Oliveira moves to the side
and Oliveira counters with a low kick, right behind Vermeulen 's knee.
Donk. Oliveira catches Vermeulen right on the button with a cross.
Oliveira is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vermeulen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Vermeulen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice side step and Oliveira releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Vermeulen takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira is trying to break free.
Vermeulen prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Vermeulen throws an elbow but it misses.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira is trying to push Vermeulen away but Vermeulen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Oliveira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vincenzo Oliveira's cut.
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.

Vermeulen defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Vermeulen is looking to counter the offense by Oliveira and move into the clinch.
Vincenzo Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Vermeulen clinches up against the cage.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vermeulen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vermeulen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vermeulen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Vermeulen.
Oliveira blocks the elbow strike.
Vermeulen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oliveira avoids a wild elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Vermeulen is controlling him.
Oliveira blocks the elbow strike.
Oliveira wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vermeulen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vermeulen prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Vermeulen throws an elbow but it misses.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Vermeulen has him pressed against the cage.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vermeulen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vermeulen pushes off an throws an elbow but Oliveira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vermeulen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch but Vermeulen keeps him there for the moment.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vermeulen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Vermeulen wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.

Vermeulen moves into the clinch successfully.
Oliveira blocks the elbow strike.
Oliveira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vermeulen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Vincenzo Oliveira's cut even more.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike.
Oliveira lands with a light punch inside.

Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Kegomoditswe Vermeulen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira connects with an inside leg kick.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliveira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A lazy left from Oliveira finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen wants to clinch.
Vermeulen looks to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oliveira looks to land a combination. Vermeulen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vermeulen moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Vermeulen walks into a left hand.
Vermeulen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vermeulen doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot by Oliveira.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vermeulen wants to clinch
and Oliveira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliveira tests Vermeulen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vermeulen tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Vermeulen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vermeulen wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vermeulen's head.
Vermeulen doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Vermeulen is looking to clinch.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vermeulen.
Vermeulen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vermeulen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vermeulen doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vermeulen. Vermeulen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from Oliveira. Those never looked like landing.
Vermeulen is looking to clinch.
Vermeulen moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Oliveira is looking to score with low kicks.
Vermeulen tries to move into range but Oliveira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vermeulen tries to clinch
and Oliveira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vermeulen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Oliveira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira lands a head shot.
Oliveira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vermeulen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vermeulen wants to clinch but Oliveira slips to the side
and Oliveira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt
and Oliveira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Vermeulen moved out of range.
Vermeulen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vermeulen doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vermeulen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira tests Vermeulen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Oliveira to counter with a crisp jab.
Vermeulen looks to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vincenzo Oliveira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Oliveira misses with a looping right.
Oliveira cracks Vermeulen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vermeulen darts in trying to clinch
and Oliveira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vermeulen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kegomoditswe Vermeulen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vermeulen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliveira to score with a decent uppercut.
Vermeulen darts in trying to clinch
and Vermeulen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oliveira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into Vermeulen's ribs.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliveira throws a shot to the body.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vermeulen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira cracks a nice hook into Vermeulen's ribs.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Oliveira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oliveira 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.
Vermeulen moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Oliveira scores with a body shot.
Vermeulen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vermeulen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Vermeulen has managed to clinch.
Vermeulen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Oliveira tries to break free but Vermeulen pushes him back against the cage.

Oliveira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big right from Oliveira misses.
Oliveira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Vermeulen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vermeulen takes one on the button.
Vermeulen tries to clinch up
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Oliveira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vermeulen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vermeulen tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Vermeulen tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Vermeulen is out of range.
Oliveira lands with a good body shot.

Vermeulen gets a clinch.
Vermeulen lands a nice elbow.
Vermeulen throws an elbow that misses.
Vermeulen misses with an elbow strike.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vermeulen prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Vermeulen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vermeulen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Vermeulen is controlling him.
Vermeulen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oliveira's defenses.

Oliveira manages to break the clinch.
Vermeulen takes one to the side of the head.
Vermeulen tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira looks to land a combination. Vermeulen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Oliveira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oliveira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vermeulen moves out of range of the strikes.
Vermeulen tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Vermeulen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Oliveira.
Vermeulen staying out of range there.

Oliveira tries to keep at a distance but Vermeulen has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira blocks the elbow strike.
Oliveira takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vermeulen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliveira's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vermeulen throws an elbow but misses.
Vermeulen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliveira's efforts to push away.
Oliveira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
Vermeulen slips a straight right by Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Oliveira misses.
Vermeulen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Vermeulen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oliveira, pushing him back against the cage.
Vermeulen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oliveira tries to circle away but Vermeulen has him pinned against the cage.
Vermeulen lands an elbow inside.

Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kegomoditswe Vermeulen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vermeulen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Vermeulen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincenzo Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oliveira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincenzo Oliveira!
Vincenzo Oliveira took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.