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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diablo Oliveira (ranked 1323 p4p, 3253 weight class) and Berni Paulsen (ranked 157 p4p, 348 weight class). Berni Paulsen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diablo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berni Paulsen!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paulsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliveira was well out of range. Poor timing from Paulsen.
Paulsen throws out a loose jab but Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira moves out of range as Paulsen strikes.
A jab from Paulsen misses.
Oliveira appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Paulsen dips to his left and cracks Oliveira with an uppercut!
Oliveira fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Paulsen sprawls well initially but Oliveira persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oliveira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oliveira thows a huge punch but Paulsen dodges it nicely.
Paulsen wants to control but Oliveira is keeping busy.
Oliveira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oliveira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paulsen is controlling Oliveira's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Paulsen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Paulsen is trying to stand.
Oliveira moves nicely into side control.
Paulsen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Oliveira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oliveira tries to score with some ground and pound. Paulsen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Paulsen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to control but Paulsen is keeping him busy.
Paulsen is looking for a sweep.
Oliveira scores with punches from side control.
Oliveira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paulsen to see if he's OK.
Oliveira lands a decent elbow from side control.
Oliveira throws a strike aimed at the side of Paulsen's head but Paulsen avoids it well.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Paulsen is trying to control Oliveira's posture but Oliveira avoids it.
Paulsen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Oliveira's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paulsen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Paulsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paulsen seems keen to control Oliveira's posture.
Paulsen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Paulsen.
Paulsen has momentary wrist control but Oliveira slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Paulsen keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira works over Paulsen with some ground and pound from guard.
Oliveira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Paulsen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paulsen wants to stand up but Oliveira is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Paulsen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diablo Oliveira dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Paulsen misses with a right hand
and Oliveira counters with a single leg into guard. Paulsen didn't expect that.
Paulsen has Oliveira pulled in close to control his posture.
Paulsen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliveira.
Paulsen wants to stand and escape but Oliveira is having none of it.
Paulsen has control of Oliveira's left arm, preventing Oliveira from doing any damage.
Diablo Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paulsen is keeping the position for now.
Paulsen trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Paulsen.
Oliveira closes the distance and clinches up with Paulsen, looking for a takedown. Oliveira pushes Paulsen against the cage but Paulsen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Paulsen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Paulsen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paulsen can do to turn this around?
Oliveira takes one on the button.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Paulsen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Paulsen is looking to get back to his feet here but Oliveira is keeping cool and he's managed to take Paulsen's back.
Oliveira misses with an elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira gets his hands free as Paulsen looks to control.
Oliveira thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Oliveira connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Paulsen to escape the position.
Oliveira is trying to stick to Paulsen's back but Paulsen is turning into Oliveira. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Oliveira's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Paulsen.
Oliveira has Paulsen pulled in close to control his posture.
Oliveira wants to sweep but no luck.
Oliveira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Paulsen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Paulsen has momentary wrist control but Oliveira slips an elbow through the middle.
Oliveira stands and throws Paulsen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Oliveira working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Paulsen manages to get back to half guard.
Paulsen controlling the position for now.
Paulsen is trying to get back to full guard.
Oliveira is nestled in close to Paulsen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paulsen tries to get to full guard but Oliveira has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira winds up and cracks Paulsen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diablo Oliveira dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Paulsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira drops down looking for a counter takedown but Paulsen sprawls and moves away.
Paulsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Paulsen to the ground. Oliveira is now in Paulsen's guard.
Paulsen is adopting a defensive guard.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulsen looking to control.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
Oliveira scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Paulsen blocks nicely.
Oliveira stands up over Paulsen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paulsen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Paulsen is retaining full guard.
Paulsen wants to stand and escape but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira scoring with some ground and pound.
Oliveira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paulsen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oliveira working some strikes from top position.
Berni Paulsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a big right hand that misses.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira won't allow Paulsen to sweep him here.
Paulsen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Paulsen misses with an uppercut.
Oliveira drops down looking for a counter takedown but Paulsen sprawls and moves away.
Paulsen misses with an uppercut. Oliveira saw that one coming.
Paulsen misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen throws an overhand right that lands on Oliveira's shoulder, as Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Berni Paulsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Paulsen.
Paulsen lands a lovely overhand right.
Paulsen looks to land a left hand but Oliveira moved out of range nicely.
Oliveira tries to counter with a takedown but Paulsen is quick to defend against it.
Paulsen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Oliveira counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Paulsen!
Paulsen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Oliveira.
Oliveira in side control, throwing shots but Paulsen defends.
Oliveira moves into full mount!
Paulsen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing shots from mount.
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!
Oliveira in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oliveira with good strikes from the mount here!
Oliveira drops a big elbow. That's hurt Paulsen! More shots from Oliveira and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diablo Oliveira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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