PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Oliveira (ranked 1941 p4p, 2777 weight class) and Dillon Russo (ranked 192 p4p, 260 weight class). Oliveira comes to the cage accompanied by In the air tonight Phil collins. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oliveira
vs
Russo

178 cm
23
163
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
27
162
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Bloodbath MMA Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dillon Russo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Russo moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Russo.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Russo.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Russo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Russo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oliveira tries to stall but Russo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
Russo struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira wants a takedown but no success here.
Oliveira is looking for a takedown.
Russo is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Russo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
Oliveira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Oliveira jumps guard and drags Russo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Russo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Russo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oliveira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira controls Russo momentarily but Russo frees himself.
Russo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Russo stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Russo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira looking for a triangle here. Russo is fighting it but it looks tight! Oliveira pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Russo is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Charles Oliveira!
Post fight, Charles Oliveira stared into the camera and said 'I will be champion..I’m the peoples champ'.