PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Celio Mateus de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Oliveira comes to the cage accompanied by Tiesto - Adagio for Strings. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mateus de Oliveira
vs
Thomas

186 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Celio Mateus de Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on de Oliveira's shoulder, as de Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on de Oliveira's shoulder, as de Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. de Oliveira saw that one coming.

de Oliveira clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
de Oliveira keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but de Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.

de Oliveira successfully pulls guard.
Thomas wants to stand but de Oliveira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

de Oliveira is looking for a triangle but Thomas pushes his legs off easily.
de Oliveira trying to control the position.

de Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thomas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thomas stands up over de Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
de Oliveira has a closed guard, preventing Thomas from standing up.
de Oliveira looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas with a nice head shot there.
de Oliveira throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Thomas wanted to stand there but de Oliveira had control of the position.
de Oliveira is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Thomas with a nice head shot there.

It looks like Celio Mateus de Oliveira has been cut.
Thomas wants to stand but de Oliveira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
de Oliveira wants to sweep but no luck.
Thomas distracts de Oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
de Oliveira is breathing heavily.

Thomas stands up from de Oliveira's guard - Thomas perhaps looking for a knockout.
Thomas throws a jab when de Oliveira was well out of range.
Black Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Thomas misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by de Oliveira.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
de Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on de Oliveira's shoulder, as de Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Thomas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but de Oliveira moved out of range nicely.
de Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by de Oliveira.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Thomas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from de Oliveira.
Black Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Oliveira moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.

de Oliveira darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.

de Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas misses with a double jab

and de Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by de Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by de Oliveira.
A short right from de Oliveira on the inside.
Thomas is trying to break free.

de Oliveira breaks from the clinch.

de Oliveira closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira wants to break the clinch but can't.
de Oliveira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thomas or not.

de Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

de Oliveira drives through with a takedown into guard.
de Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
de Oliveira looking to pass the guard.
de Oliveira prevents Thomas from getting back to his feet.

Thomas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing de Oliveira from controlling successfully.

Thomas wriggles free and stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with the punch.
Thomas drops de Oliveira with a naaaaasty hook - de Oliveira is in real trouble here! Thomas dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Black Thomas!