PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Knocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oliveira
vs
Knocker

175 cm
21
176 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
180 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Vandal Fight Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Knocker!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knocker throws a right hand that Oliveira ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliveira also avoids with ease.
Knocker throws a hook but Oliveira avoids it easily.
Knocker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Oliveira feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knocker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oliveira throws a strike but Knocker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Knocker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Knocker stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.

Knocker drops back looking for a leg! Oliveira is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Oliveira manages to kick Knocker off! Knocker jumps back into Oliveira's guard.
Knocker throws a strike but Oliveira rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Knocker is retaining full guard.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Knocker blocks nicely.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oliveira lands a head kick!

It looks like Tommy Knocker has been cut.

Oliveira gets the takedown into side control.

Oliveira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Oliveira working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Knocker!
Oliveira punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knocker blocking the ground and pound.
Oliveira unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knocker wants to control but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliveira looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliveira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocker is in a horrible position here. Oliveira smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oliveira lands a heavy elbow.
Knocker working to try and regain half guard.

Oliveira has hold of Knocker's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Knocker manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Oliveira with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing strikes here but Knocker is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Knocker holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Oliveira tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Oliveira throws a strike there. Knocker manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Knocker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knocker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Knocker's cut.
That's time! Oliveira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oliveira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knocker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Knocker gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Oliveira to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Knocker 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.
Knocker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Knocker is retaining full guard.

Oliveira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Knocker is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Knocker has escaped and now he's on top!

Knocker postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Oliveira is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Knocker, into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Knocker blocks nicely.

Oliveira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Knocker is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Knocker has escaped and now he's on top!

Knocker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rodrigo Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Oliveira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Knocker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Knocker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Knocker 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 is working Knocker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira works over Knocker with some ground and pound from guard.

Knocker is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oliveira defends well.
Oliveira distracts Knocker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Knocker blocks nicely.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Knocker is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira forces his way into half guard.
Oliveira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Oliveira lands a nice short elbow.
Knocker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.
Oliveira looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Oliveira is working for a submission of some sort.
Oliveira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knocker defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Oliveira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Knocker's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Oliveira closes the distance and clinches up with Knocker, looking for a takedown. Oliveira pushes Knocker against the cage but Knocker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Knocker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knocker connects with a high kick.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knocker circles away quickly and effectively.
Knocker fails with the takedown.
Oliveira tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick from Knocker misses.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knocker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knocker throws a chopping leg kick but Oliveira manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knocker.
Knocker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Oliveira.
Oliveira takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tommy Knocker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira looks to land a body kick but Knocker moved away.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knocker.

Oliveira tries to keep at a distance but Knocker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knocker has Oliveira pressed against the cage, preventing Oliveira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oliveira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knocker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knocker is trying to stall.
Knocker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Knocker throws knees to the body.
Oliveira is trying to break free.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oliveira is trying to break the clinch but Knocker is controlling him.
Oliveira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Knocker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Oliveira is trying to force a seperation but Knocker has the dominant position.

Knocker pulls guard.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Oliveira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oliveira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Oliveira drops back, looking for a kneebar! Knocker looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Knocker looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Knocker!
Oliveira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knocker is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Oliveira has managed to free his arm - good work.
Oliveira is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Knocker's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Knocker's back!

Knocker fending off the submission attempt from Oliveira.

Oliveira has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira avoiding Knocker 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira working for a choke but Knocker is defending well.
Knocker just trying to survive but Oliveira is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Oliveira is looking for a rear naked choke here but Knocker reverses the position brilliantly into Oliveira's guard!

Oliveira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Knocker is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Knocker drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Knocker jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Knocker wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.

Knocker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliveira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Oliveira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Knocker is aware though and is defending well.
Knocker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Oliveira controls Knocker momentarily but Knocker frees himself.
Knocker won't allow Oliveira to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Oliveira has his feet on Knocker's thighs here. He's pushed Knocker off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Knocker screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodrigo Oliveira!
Rodrigo Oliveira retains his welterweight title!