PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hernan Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Oliszewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cortes
vs
Oliszewski

170 cm
21
146 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Hernan Cortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikhail Oliszewski!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortes is looking to clinch but Oliszewski is avoiding it.
Oliszewski blocks a head kick by Cortes.
Oliszewski swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Cortes misses with a hook to the body
and Oliszewski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cortes thinking.
Oliszewski thuds his right hand into Cortes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cortes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oliszewski has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cortes.

Cortes clinches with his opponent.
Oliszewski scores with a shot to the side of Cortes's head.
Oliszewski misses with some punches.
Oliszewski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cortes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oliszewski is defending well for now.
Cortes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oliszewski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oliszewski is trying to maintain a safe position but Cortes gets an underhook and turns Oliszewski into the cage.
Oliszewski pushes Cortes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cortes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oliszewski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cortes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cortes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oliszewski wants to stall.
Nice body punch from Cortes - that landed with a thud.
Oliszewski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Cortes - that landed with a thud.
Oliszewski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cortes is keeping busy.
Cortes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortes throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliszewski.
Cortes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oliszewski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oliszewski slows down the pace here.
Cortes lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortes swings wildly with an uppercut but Oliszewski uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oliszewski tries to throw a body punch but Cortes avoids it by throwing Oliszewski back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliszewski.
Cortes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oliszewski.
A head punch on the inside from Cortes fails to land.
Cortes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cortes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oliszewski is defending well for now.
Cortes tries to work over Oliszewski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oliszewski struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Cortes.
Cortes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oliszewski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oliszewski managing to block the knees to the body from Cortes.
Oliszewski swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliszewski tries to stall but Cortes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands a nice shot to the body.
Oliszewski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
Cortes prevents a body shot from Oliszewski.
Oliszewski has had enough of the clinch but Cortes keeps him there for the moment.
Cortes tries to work over Oliszewski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cortes misses with a knee strike.
Oliszewski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cortes lands a nice uppercut.
Cortes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oliszewski blocks a body shot from Cortes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliszewski.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cortes obliges.
Cortes looking to throw knees to the head but Oliszewski is blocking nicely.
Cortes scores with a shot to the side of Oliszewski's head.
Cortes scores with a shoulder strike.
Cortes is leaning against Oliszewski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cortes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliszewski misses with a body punch.
Cortes has a couple of punches blocked by Oliszewski.
Cortes lands an elbow just above Oliszewski 's eye.
Cortes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oliszewski working hard to break the clinch.
Oliszewski looking to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Oliszewski.
Cortes lands an elbow inside that Oliszewski shrugs off.
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
Cortes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oliszewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Cortes.
Cortes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliszewski dodges an elbow strike from Cortes.
Oliszewski misses with some punches.
Oliszewski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hernan Cortes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cortes drives through and clinches with Oliszewski against the cage.
Cortes misses with a knee to the head.
Cortes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cortes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oliszewski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliszewski stalling in the clinch but Cortes improves position.
Oliszewski swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliszewski backwards.
Cortes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortes lands with a right to the head.
Cortes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oliszewski backwards.
Oliszewski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliszewski lands a shoulder strike.
Cortes lands a good knee to the midsection. Oliszewski won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch on the inside from Cortes fails to land.
Oliszewski is trying to break free.
Oliszewski takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cortes.
A nice left hand lands by Cortes.
Oliszewski blocks an elbow strike from Cortes.
Cortes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hernan Cortes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliszewski.
Cortes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oliszewski managing to block the knees to the body from Cortes.
A hook to the body from Oliszewski.
Cortes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oliszewski avoiding damage as Cortes throws knees to the body.
Cortes crunches a lovely knee into Oliszewski's ribcage.
Oliszewski tries to throw a body punch but Cortes avoids it by throwing Oliszewski back against the cage.
Oliszewski swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliszewski lands a left hand.
Oliszewski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cortes tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliszewski avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cortes blocking some punches.
Oliszewski avoiding damage as Cortes throws knees to the body.
Cortes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliszewski's elbow.
A hook to the body from Cortes.
Cortes misses with some punches.
Oliszewski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortes tries to work over Oliszewski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortes presses Oliszewski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oliszewski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Oliszewski as the two fighters clinch.
Oliszewski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Oliszewski.
Cortes cracks Oliszewski with a nice body shot.
Oliszewski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cortes or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliszewski.
Cortes tries a knee to the head but Oliszewski blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oliszewski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cortes throws a sloppy head kick and Oliszewski moves out of range easily.
Oliszewski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cortes momentarily.
Cortes tries a head kick but it misses.
Oliszewski works Cortes's body with a nice hook.
Oliszewski looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortes is just out of range.
Cortes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Oliszewski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hernan Cortes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cortes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oliszewski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cortes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cortes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oliszewski lands a jab to Cortes's midsection.
Cortes looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliszewski is just out of range.
Cortes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oliszewski.
Cortes looks to land a right hand but Oliszewski moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cortes.
Cortes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Oliszewski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oliszewski throws a body punch but Cortes moves out of range.
Oliszewski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortes.
Oliszewski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cortes rather than just go for the knockout.
Cortes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cortes looks to land a left hand but Oliszewski moved out of range nicely.
Cortes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oliszewski.
Cortes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Oliszewski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliszewski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliszewski jabs at Cortes's body.
Cortes wants to clinch
and Oliszewski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cortes just misses with a punch to the body.
Cortes throws a leg kick but Oliszewski sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hernan Cortes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cortes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cortes doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliszewski circles away.
Cortes looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliszewski is just out of range.
Cortes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oliszewski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the body from Oliszewski misses
and Cortes counters with an outside leg kick.
Cortes misses with a hook. Oliszewski ducked under it nicely.
Oliszewski lands a nice shot to the body.
Oliszewski lands an overhand right.
Cortes walks into a stiff left hand from Oliszewski.
Cortes misses with a head kick.
Cortes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cortes doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliszewski circles away.
Oliszewski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oliszewski cracks a nice hook into Cortes's ribs.
Cortes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Oliszewski takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cortes throws a nice head kick!
Cortes throws a leg kick but Oliszewski moved away.
Cortes throws a head kick that misses.
Oliszewski tries to move into range but Cortes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cortes misses with a leg kick
and Oliszewski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cortes takes a swing at Oliszewski's ribcage but misses.
Cortes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cortes throws a good cross that connects.
Cortes walks into a straight right hand from Oliszewski.
A big right from Oliszewski misses.
Oliszewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortes manages to avoid it.
Cortes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oliszewski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliszewski thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliszewski swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Cortes throws a chopping leg kick but Oliszewski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cortes misses with a body shot
and Oliszewski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cortes throws a big shot that misses.
Cortes throws a right and a left that Oliszewski avoids nicely.
Cortes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortes throws out a loose jab but Oliszewski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes misses with a jab to the body
and Oliszewski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oliszewski lands with a good body shot.
Oliszewski slips a jab and a cross from Cortes.
Oliszewski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cortes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortes throws a body kick the misses
and Oliszewski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cortes thinking.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oliszewski, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes misses with an uppercut. Oliszewski saw that one coming.

Cortes moves into range and clinches up with Oliszewski.
Oliszewski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cortes tries to work over Oliszewski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortes misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cortes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oliszewski's brow.
Oliszewski can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hernan Cortes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cortes scores with a hook to the body.
Cortes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliszewski backwards.
Oliszewski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cortes up against the cage.
Oliszewski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cortes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Oliszewski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliszewski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Oliszewski.
Oliszewski can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.

Oliszewski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliszewski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortes was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliszewski.
Oliszewski misses with a wild body shot.
Cortes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oliszewski misses the shot to the body.
Mikhail Oliszewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oliszewski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cortes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Oliszewski counters with a right hand to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Oliszewski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cortes 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mikhail Oliszewski!