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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Icaro Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Icaro Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Howard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Howard could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Oliveira looking for a takedown.
Oliveira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Oliveira prevents Howard from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Howard wants to break free but Oliveira has control.
Oliveira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Howard or not.
Howard has had enough of the clinch but Oliveira keeps him there for the moment.
Oliveira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oliveira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Howard pulls him back up using the underhooks.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Icaro Oliveira.
Howard wants to break free but Oliveira has control.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliveira manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Oliveira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oliveira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oliveira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Howard is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Howard defends it well.
Oliveira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oliveira throwing shots but Howard is blocking nicely.
Oliveira looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Howard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oliveira wants to get back to his feet.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oliveira wants to take a breather but Howard is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Howard kicks Oliveira off and gets back to his feet.
Oliveira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oliveira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a nice uppercut.
Howard is trying to break free.
Howard wants to get back to striking at distance but Oliveira won't allow it.
Oliveira pulls Howard into guard.
Oliveira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Oliveira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oliveira works his way into side control.
Howard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
Oliveira stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oliveira clobbers Howard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
John Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliveira slips under a jab from Howard.
No luck for Oliveira with that takedown attempt.
Oliveira thuds a left hand into Howard's body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Oliveira is defended easily by Howard.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice sprawl there from Howard as Oliveira shoots in.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira stuns Howard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Howard throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Howard pinned against the cage. Howard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oliveira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Howard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliveira misses with a looping right.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Howard but Howard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Howard slips under a jab.
Oliveira takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Howard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Howard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oliveira rushes Howard and presses him up against the cage.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howard stuffs the takedown attempt from Oliveira. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Icaro Oliveira dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Howard misses with a combination
and Oliveira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Howard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira moves in looking to clinch but Howard pushes him off.
Oliveira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oliveira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howard was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliveira.
Oliveira shoots in but Howard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into Howard's ribs.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Howard but Howard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oliveira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Howard rather than just go for the knockout.
Howard throws out a powerful jab.
Howard misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Howard misses.
Oliveira lands a nice shot that snaps Howard's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard leaves Oliveira with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Icaro Oliveira.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a jab when Howard was well out of range.
Howard throws a right hand that Oliveira ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliveira also avoids with ease.
Oliveira fails with a takedown attempt.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Howard manages to avoid it.
Howard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Oliveira.
Howard lands a nice shot to the body.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch but Howard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Howard ducks right into an uppercut from Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Howard falls off balance throwing a combination
and Oliveira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Oliveira shoots in and drives through. Howard sprawls well.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howard counters with a nice uppercut.
Howard throws a right and a left that Oliveira avoids nicely.
Oliveira displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Oliveira dodges the punch combination from Howard.
Oliveira bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Howard's head.
Oliveira takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oliveira shoots in and drives through. Howard sprawls well.
Howard misses with a combination
and Oliveira counters with a nice body shot.
Howard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira misses with a knee strike.
Oliveira keeps control of Howard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oliveira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oliveira fails to pull guard.
Oliveira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Oliveira.
Oliveira jumps guard but Howard stands there with Oliveira around his waist. Oliveira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Oliveira prevents Howard from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira pressing his opponent against the cage.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Howard gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the cage.
Howard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira pulls guard successfully.
Oliveira has his foot on Howard's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Howard works his way back into a safe position though.
Howard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Oliveira is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Howard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oliveira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Icaro Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Howard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Oliveira doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Oliveira has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Howard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Howard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliveira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Howard counters with a one-two to the body.
Oliveira misses with a low kick.
Oliveira connects with a looping right hand.
John Howard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira scores with a takedown into Howard's guard.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oliveira won't allow Howard to get back to his feet.
Oliveira thows a big elbow that misses.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Howard keeps moving.
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Howard is looking to stand up but Oliveira isn't so interested in that idea.
Howard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Howard throws a combination that misses
and Oliveira counters with a good, hard body kick but Howard shrugs it off.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Oliveira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oliveira.
Howard works Oliveira's body with a nice hook.
Oliveira shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Howard pinned against the cage. Howard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oliveira is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Howard blocks a jab.
That's two 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.
Howard lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oliveira backs up against the cage.
Howard misses with the combination.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt
letting Howard counter with a right hand.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Icaro Oliveira.
Howard slaps away a takedown attempt from Oliveira, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Howard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Howard needs to keep his hands up - Oliveira had a free shot at his head there.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Howard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Howard's corner calls for a 1-2. Howard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Howard looks to land a combination. Oliveira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Howard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oliveira is looking to clinch but Howard is avoiding it.
Howard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oliveira.
A nice combination there by Oliveira.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveira counters with a straight right hand.
Howard swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Howard's waist but Howard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oliveira off to one side.
Howard throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira lands with a kick to the temple. Howard shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Howard misses with a straight right.
Oliveira looks to land a combination. Howard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Howard avoids the head kick by Oliveira.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Howard.
Oliveira tries for a takedown but Howard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Howard throws a one two combo.
Howard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Howard moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nice takedown defense from Howard. No joy for Oliveira on that attempt.
Howard keeps the fight on the outside.
Howard misses with a double jab
and Oliveira counters with a good low kick that Howard was not able to check.
Howard throws a right hand that Oliveira ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliveira also avoids with ease.
Oliveira fails to land the takedown.
A combination from Howard does no damage.
Oliveira scores with a crisp jab that stopped Howard in his tracks.
Howard lands a jab-cross combination.
Oliveira looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oliveira fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Howard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
John Howard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Icaro Oliveira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Howard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira digs a good hook to Howard's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Icaro Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oliveira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Icaro Oliveira!
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hype
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