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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvano Assunicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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215 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silvano Assunicao!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira stuns Assunicao with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Assunicao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Assunicao wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Assunicao closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the cage.
Assunicao works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Oliveira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Assunicao throws a strike but Oliveira rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Oliveira has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Assunicao looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Assunicao is keeping the position.
Assunicao pulls Oliveira in close to prevent any damage.
Oliveira is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oliveira scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assunicao keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
Oliveira connects with a couple of short punches.
Assunicao looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Oliveira thows a big elbow that misses.
Oliveira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliveira is in close to Assunicao's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oliveira wants to stand but Assunicao has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Assunicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assunicao is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Assunicao keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Assunicao looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oliveira is one step ahead there.
Assunicao has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oliveira can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oliveira with a nice head shot there.
Oliveira with a nice head shot there.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Assunicao keeps moving.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Assunicao is keeping the position.
Oliveira is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assunicao lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Oliveira!
Assunicao throwing strikes here but Oliveira is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Oliveira is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oliveira taking shots to the head.
Oliveira on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oliveira tries to get out of the position.
Oliveira wants to hold on but Assunicao pushes him away.
Oliveira is wriggling around trying to escape.
Assunicao landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oliveira tries to hold on but Assunicao pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working to try and regain half guard.
Assunicao landing strikes from the mount.
Assunicao looking to finish with strikes here!
Assunicao connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oliveira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Assunicao on the ground.
Assunicao lands a big elbow.
Assunicao is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Assunicao looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Silvano Assunicao will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Assunicao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Assunicao ducks under and follows up with a left that Assunicao also avoids with ease.
Assunicao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Assunicao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assunicao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Assunicao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira thuds a left hand into Assunicao's body.
Oliveira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Assunicao to the mat! Assunicao manages to get full guard.
Oliveira controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Oliveira trying to control but Assunicao is working from the bottom.
Oliveira preventing the sweep.
Assunicao is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a couple of digs.
Oliveira stands and steps away. Assunicao gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Assunicao shoots in and drives through. Oliveira sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Oliveira.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Assunicao is just out of range.
A left lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Assunicao ducks under and follows up with a left that Assunicao also avoids with ease.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.
Oliveira lands with a nice body punch.
Oliveira lands with a nice combination. Assunicao backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Assunicao ducks under and follows up with a left that Assunicao also avoids with ease.
Oliveira with a hook.
Oliveira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fabio Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silvano Assunicao.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Assunicao gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oliveira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira is looking to wear down Assunicao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assunicao circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assunicao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Assunicao clinches up against the cage.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Oliveira misses.
Assunicao gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oliveira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fabio Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oliveira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assunicao.
Fabio Oliveira is winning the standup battle so far.
Oliveira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Assunicao doesn't seem bothered though.
Oliveira leaves Assunicao with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Oliveira sizes up Assunicao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Assunicao dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assunicao circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assunicao manages to avoid it.
Assunicao wants to clinch
and Oliveira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Assunicao tries for a takedown but Oliveira circles away easily
and Oliveira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oliveira misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira cracks Assunicao with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Assunicao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Assunicao has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Oliveira uses from the top position.
Oliveira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oliveira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Assunicao throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oliveira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oliveira connects with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assunicao swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Assunicao is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Oliveira postures up.
Assunicao is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Oliveira landing with the ground and pound.
Oliveira passes Assunicao's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oliveira connects with a nice short shot to Assunicao's temple.
Assunicao is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Oliveira's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Oliveira's back!
Oliveira manages to reverse the position and now he's in Assunicao's guard. Nice work there by Oliveira.
Assunicao looking for a guillotine here but Oliveira defends easily.
Assunicao escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oliveira gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assunicao swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Assunicao has his foot on Oliveira's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Oliveira works his way back into a safe position though.
Assunicao keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oliveira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oliveira is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oliveira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Assunicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Assunicao working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Oliveira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oliveira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Oliveira scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Assunicao is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Assunicao looking for a sweep. Not yet Assunicao, not yet.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oliveira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Assunicao throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Assunicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Assunicao.
Assunicao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fabio Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oliveira is in close to Assunicao's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oliveira stands up over Assunicao, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oliveira with a nice head shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabio Oliveira!
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RATING
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