PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Santino Oliviera (ranked 965 p4p, 1606 weight class) and Tarquin Doomwood (ranked 133 p4p, 224 weight class). Doomwood has chosen Big No - Freddie Dredd as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Oliviera
vs
Doomwood

175 cm
25
170
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
170
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santino Oliviera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarquin Doomwood!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliviera tries to close the distance and clinch but Doomwood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santino Oliviera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliviera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doomwood now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Doomwood lands a nice hook to Oliviera's body. Oliviera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Oliviera moves into the clinch successfully.
Oliviera is trying to pull guard but Doomwood has him pressed against the cage.
Oliviera jumps guard but Doomwood stands there with Oliviera around his waist. Oliviera gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Oliviera is trying to pull guard but Doomwood has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santino Oliviera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliviera tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Doomwood just stands there and leans against the cage.
Oliviera fails to pull guard.

Doomwood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doomwood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliviera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliviera tries to clinch there but Doomwood circles away.
Doomwood now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Oliviera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oliviera tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Oliviera tries to pull guard but Doomwood forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliviera tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Oliviera fails to pull guard.
Oliviera jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Doomwood walks away with a smile on his face. Oliviera gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Oliviera is looking to clinch but Doomwood is avoiding it.

Oliviera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Oliviera manages to pull guard.
Oliviera seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Doomwood is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Oliviera has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Doomwood is looking to defend but Oliviera has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Doomwood! Oliviera pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Doomwood taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Santino Oliviera!
A very excited looking Santino Oliviera 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.
Tarquin Doomwood was interviewed post fight and said 'Big No!'.