PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Biscuit Oliva (ranked 1995 p4p, 3763 weight class) and Dimebag Abbot (ranked 272 p4p, 429 weight class). Oliva comes to the cage accompanied by Vo Williams - Primal (ft. Vyceroy). Abbot has chosen Going The Distance as his entrance music. Biscuit Oliva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dimebag Abbot's chin.

Oliva
vs
Abbot

187 cm
37
215
22 - 17 - 3

194 cm
32
201
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 22 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biscuit Oliva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dimebag Abbot!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliva with a nice cross.
Oliva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oliva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Abbot moves into the clinch successfully.
Abbot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Oliva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot connects with a single shot there.
Oliva scores with a shot to the body.
Abbot slips a jab from Oliva.
Dimebag Abbot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abbot tries to clinch but Oliva moves away
and Oliva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliva's corner calls for a 1-2. Oliva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Abbot takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Abbot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oliva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Oliva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Abbot has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Oliva throws a body punch but Abbot moves out of range.
As Oliva backs off Abbot throws a huge counter combo but Oliva manages to avoid it all.
Abbot misses with a looping right.
Abbot misses the jab.
Oliva seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Abbot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oliva at a distance.
Oliva throws a leg kick which misses Abbot's front leg but catches the back leg as Abbot tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot is looking to clinch but Oliva is avoiding it.
Oliva went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Abbot cracks Oliva with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Biscuit Oliva has been cut.
Abbot slips under a jab from Oliva.
Abbot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abbot doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliva circles away.
Abbot slips under a jab from Oliva.
Oliva misses with a two punch combination.

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

Oliva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the liver by Abbot. Beautiful body shot.
Oliva throws out a loose jab but Abbot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbot throws a shot to the body.
Oliva throws a shot to the body.
Oliva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oliva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliva throws a sloppy body shot
and Abbot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abbot wants to clinch.
Oliva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abbot tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Abbot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abbot takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Abbot takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oliva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abbot throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab by Oliva.

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

Oliva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oliva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot misses with a hook. Oliva ducked under it nicely.
Oliva swats away the attempt to clinch by Abbot.
Oliva works Abbot's body with a nice hook.
Oliva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Oliva lunges at Abbot with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Abbot's hand.
Oliva scores with a jab to the head.
Abbot moves in looking to clinch but Oliva pushes him off.
Abbot throws an off balance right hand
enabling Oliva to counter with a crisp jab.
Oliva just misses with a punch to the body.
Abbot tries to clinch but Oliva is having none of it.

Abbot gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Abbot is working Oliva over against the cage.
Oliva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliva has had enough of the clinch but Abbot keeps him there for the moment.
Oliva can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbot lands an uppercut.

Oliva manages to break the clinch.

Abbot gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oliva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Abbot closes the distance and clinches.
Abbot is struggling to control the position.

Oliva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliva misses the shot to the body.
Good exchange - Abbot coming out on top.
Abbot throws a jab when Oliva was well out of range.
Oliva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oliva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abbot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Abbot moves into the clinch successfully.
Abbot misses with some punches.

Oliva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot misses with a double jab
and Oliva counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Biscuit Oliva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Biscuit Oliva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice jab there from Oliva.
Abbot walks into a straight right hand from Oliva.
Abbot wants to clinch but Oliva slips to the side
enabling Oliva to counter with a crisp jab.
Abbot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliva manages to avoid it.
Oliva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abbot moves away.
Oliva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oliva misses with a few strikes there.
Oliva scores with a decent looking hook.
Abbot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot wants to clinch.

Abbot takes the fight into the clinch.
Abbot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva has had enough of the clinch but Abbot keeps him there for the moment.
Oliva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Abbot has him pressed against the cage.
Abbot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliva's efforts to push away.

Oliva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliva to score with a decent uppercut.
Oliva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A little jabbing left from Abbot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abbot tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Oliva to counter with a crisp jab.
Oliva keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliva connects with a single shot there.
Abbot avoids a kick to the body.
Abbot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oliva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abbot on the side of the head.
Oliva lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot tries to clinch but Oliva moves away
and Oliva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Abbot has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!

Oliva manages to break the clinch.
Abbot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Biscuit Oliva is winning the standup battle so far.
Abbot is looking to clinch but Oliva is avoiding it.
Oliva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Abbot there.

Abbot drives through and clinches with Oliva against the cage.

Oliva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abbot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbot misses with an uppercut. Oliva saw that one coming.
Oliva connects with a leg kick.
Oliva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oliva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Abbot's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliva loads up on a big right hand but Abbot slips the punch.
Oliva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Abbot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice jab there from Oliva.
Abbot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliva was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliva tried to counter with a leg kick but Abbot avoided it.
Abbot has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oliva with a jab.
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oliva misses the jab.
Abbot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oliva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oliva was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Oliva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abbot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abbot can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbot shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Abbot stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oliva.
An inside leg kick lands from Oliva.
Oliva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliva. Abbot does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Abbot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Oliva.
Oliva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abbot tries to clinch
and Oliva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - Oliva coming out on top.

Abbot darts in and clinches Oliva up against the cage.
Abbot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Oliva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Abbot takes the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Biscuit Oliva dominated that second 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! This is the final round!

Abbot is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Abbot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abbot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliva scores with a one two! Abbot had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Abbot tries to clinch there but Oliva circles away.
Oliva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oliva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Abbot clinches up with Oliva and pushes him back against the cage.

Oliva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abbot takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Abbot blocks a jab.
Abbot takes a swing at Oliva's ribcage but misses.
Oliva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abbot circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliva misses with an uppercut. Abbot saw that one coming.
Abbot is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot throws a poor cross that misses
and Oliva counters with a straight right hand.
Oliva throws a right hand that Abbot ducks under and follows up with a left that Abbot also avoids with ease.
Abbot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliva misses the shot to the body.
Abbot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliva walks into a stiff left hand from Abbot.
Oliva misses with a straight left.
Some wild striking there from Abbot.
Oliva throws a big counter combination but Abbot scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Oliva misses with a hook. Abbot ducked under it nicely.
Abbot swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Abbot tries to clinch up but Oliva circles away and keeps his distance.
Abbot misses with a wild combination.
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dimebag Abbot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot wants to clinch.
Oliva misses with the combination.
Abbot throws a lazy right hand but Oliva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abbot takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oliva throws a shot from downtown. Abbot moves away and avoids it.

Abbot clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Oliva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abbot tries to clinch up.
Abbot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliva connects with a nice looking jab.
Oliva throws a combination that misses
and Abbot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Oliva misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot tries to clinch there but Oliva circles away.
Oliva appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Abbot is looking to clinch but Oliva is avoiding it.
Abbot throws a lazy right hand but Oliva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abbot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Biscuit Oliva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abbot moves out of range as Oliva strikes.
Oliva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oliva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Oliva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abbot. That did some damage!
Abbot tries to clinch up but Oliva circles away and keeps his distance.
Abbot misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abbot throws a hook to the side of Oliva's head but Oliva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliva misses with a hook. Abbot ducked under it nicely.
Oliva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abbot.
Abbot drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Oliva defends it well.
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Abbot looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oliva moves away from the strike by Abbot.
Abbot tries to clinch but Oliva moves away
letting Oliva counter with a right hand.
Oliva ducks under a wild hook from Abbot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbot wants to clinch.
Oliva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Biscuit Oliva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oliva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Biscuit Oliva!
Biscuit Oliva took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING for their support in the buildup to the fight.