PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Oliveira (ranked 2359 p4p, 1541 weight class) and Methodios McIntyre (ranked 338 p4p, 228 weight class). McIntyre has chosen Gallantry as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Oliveira
vs
McIntyre

192 cm
24
201
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
207
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Conviction
The Natural Order

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincenzo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Methodios McIntyre!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but McIntyre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oliveira blocks a leg kick.
McIntyre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oliveira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McIntyre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Vincenzo Oliveira has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of McIntyre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McIntyre wants to land a leg kick but Oliveira is out of range.
A low kick lands for McIntyre.
McIntyre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

McIntyre sends Oliveira crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! McIntyre is motioning to the referee to let Oliveira up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Oliveira is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for McIntyre.
Oh Oliveira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McIntyre scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McIntyre.
McIntyre walks into a stiff left hand from Oliveira.
Oliveira seems to have got his legs back now.
McIntyre tries to work over Oliveira's front leg with a kick but Oliveira checks it.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira takes a swing at McIntyre's ribcage but misses.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
McIntyre throws out a loose jab but Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid it.

McIntyre cracks Oliveira with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. McIntyre has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Oliveira to stand back up!
McIntyre slips a straight right by Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to clinch but McIntyre is having none of it.
The fighters circling - McIntyre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McIntyre throws a shot from downtown. Oliveira moves away and avoids it.
Oliveira is looking to counter the offense by McIntyre and move into the clinch.
Oliveira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McIntyre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into McIntyre's ribs.

McIntyre lands a big uppercut and Oliveira crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Oliveira looks OK. McIntyre waves Oliveira back to his feet!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McIntyre knocks out Oliveira with a massive right hand! The ref tackles McIntyre before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. McIntyre picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Methodios McIntyre!
A very excited looking Methodios McIntyre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.