PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Fernando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernando comes to the cage accompanied by Audio Slave - Like a Stone. Oliveira is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fort Minor - Remember The Name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fernando
vs
Oliveira

180 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Fernando!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernando fails with the takedown
and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliveira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses

and Fernando counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fernando pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oliveira is keeping the position for now.
Fernando wants to stand and escape but instead Oliveira has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Oliveira drops back looking for a leg! Fernando is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fernando manages to kick Oliveira off! Oliveira jumps back into Fernando's guard.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Fernando blocks nicely.
Fernando wants to stand and escape but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Fernando.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernando throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fernando managing to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Oliveira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliveira landing with the ground and pound.
Oliveira passes Fernando's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fernando is looking to control Oliveira's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fernando avoid being mounted?
Oliveira works his way into side control.

Oliveira is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fernando has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Oliveira working the ground and pound.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing a few strikes.

Oliveira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but can't.

Oliveira tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oliveira has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Fernando's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Oliveira has hold of Fernando's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Fernando seems comfortable defending it but Oliveira has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Fernando is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Fernando is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Oliveira couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rodrigo Oliveira!
Rodrigo Oliveira is the new light heavyweight champion!