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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gage R (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Daddy Yankee - La Gata. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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195 lbs
11 - 3 - 1 |
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196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gage R!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
R misses with a right hand
and Oliveira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No joy there for R, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by R.
R avoids the head kick by Oliveira.
R tries to move into range but Oliveira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
R shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Oliveira as he jumps to the side.
R misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and R counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. R sees it coming and avoids it easily.
R throws a jab but it's blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oliveira connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab from Oliveira.
R looks to land a left hand but Oliveira moved out of range nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oliveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from R misses.
Oliveira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
R takes a kick to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oliveira.
Oliveira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A jab from R misses.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
R throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Oliveira on the side of the head.
Oliveira gets a clinch.
R wants the takedown. Oliveira is fighting it off but R persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Oliveira's guard against the cage.
R preventing the sweep.
Oliveira looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but R puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
R prevents Oliveira from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
R sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oliveira defending well though.
R missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
R thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Oliveira's head.
Oliveira is not content to let R control the position.
R missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oliveira wants to improve his position but R is controlling well.
R is keen to just control but Oliveira is a slippery customer.
The fighters are battling for position here. Oliveira manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
R postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but R can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oliveira is looking to stand up but R isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
R trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
R is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Oliveira is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
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.
R is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
Oliveira with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
R looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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.
Oliveira lands with a punch from half guard.
R blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Nice strikes from Oliveira there.
R 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.
R is looking to get back to full guard here but Oliveira has managed to pass to side control instead.
Oliveira wants to lay and pray for a moment but R keeps working.
R is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oliveira stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Oliveira dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from R is defended easily by Oliveira.
R throws a shot from downtown. Oliveira moves away and avoids it.
R blocks a head kick by Oliveira.
R tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
R takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
R has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from R there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from R.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into R's ribs.
Oliveira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oliveira works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oliveira swings widly with a right hand
and R counters with a nice uppercut.
R throws a looping overhand right but Oliveira ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but R moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Oliveira misses.
Gage R is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
R misses the jab.
Oliveira displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from R.
Oliveira scores with a leg kick.
Oliveira tries a head kick but it misses.
Oliveira misses with a telegraphed body shot
and R counters with a two punch combo.
Oliveira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
R is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by R.
Oliveira lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but R circles away.
Oliveira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oliveira moves out of range as R strikes.
R scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
R throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oliveira walks into a left hand.
Oliveira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oliveira has managed to clinch.
Oliveira looking to stall.
Oliveira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
R misses with a hook to the ribs.
R can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
Oliveira is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
R taking a breather.
R tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
R stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oliveira is leaning against R and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
R is looking to control Oliveira's arms but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns him. Now R has his back to the cage.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
R tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
R is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliveira is keeping busy.
R presses Oliveira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
R takes an elbow to the temple.
R struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
Oliveira pushes R back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Oliveira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from R.
Oliveira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
R working aggressively here.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning R up against the cage.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch but R improves position.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped R in his tracks for a moment.
R looking to slow down the pace here.
Oliveira lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Oliveira.
R goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
R misses with a shot to the kidneys.
R is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside that R shrugs off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch but R improves position.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oliveira is trying to stall.
Oliveira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Oliveira on the inside.
R misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
R fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gage R. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of R backwards.
Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
R looking to slow down the pace here.
R throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oliveira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from R fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice elbow from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands an elbow just above R 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliveira.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliveira.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by R as Oliveira tries to tie him up.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body.
R misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliveira.
R misses with a body punch.
R tries to pull guard but Oliveira holds him up against the cage and eventually R drops back down to his feet.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira has R pushed against the cage.
Oliveira lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Oliveira thows a body kick. R tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. R looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice body punch from R.
Oliveira scores with a jab. R acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oliveira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and R counters with a right hand to the body.
Oliveira takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
R misses with a wild combination.
Oliveira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but R is out of range.
Horrible takedown by R or perhaps it was just good defense by Oliveira which made him look bad.
Oliveira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oliveira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
R needs to keep his hands up - Oliveira had a free shot at his head there.
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but R uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira swings for the body but R moves out of range.
Oliveira throws the left hand but R avoids the punch easily.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but R slips the punch.
Oliveira slips a jab from R.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a nice looking kick to the body. R takes a step back to recover.
R looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
R is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
R throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oliveira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
R with a lazy takedown attempt
and Oliveira counters with a good low kick that R was not able to check.
A head kick by Oliveira misses
and R cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and R counters with a two punch combo.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch but R swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as R backs up against the cage.
Oliveira throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from R.
R drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Oliveira can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as R controls the pace.
Oliveira bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in R's guard.
R keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
R is trying to control the position from the bottom.
R wants to sweep but no luck.
R working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
R is looking for a triangle but Oliveira pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oliveira trying to control but R is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gage R has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oliveira throws a big right hand that misses.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ricardo Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oliveira swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by R.
Oliveira avoids the body shot from R.
A good leg kick by Oliveira.
Nice takedown defense from R. No joy for Oliveira on that attempt.
Oliveira moves in looking to clinch but R pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oliveira lands a glancing blow to the side of R's head.
Ricardo Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with R, pushing him back against the cage.
R lands with a left to the head.
Oliveira lands a nice knee to the body.
R throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ricardo Oliveira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
R is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliveira is keeping busy.
R being controlled against the cage.
Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through R's defenses.
Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
R lands with a right to the head.
R is trying to drag Oliveira to the mat but Oliveira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gage R. That's going to take a lot out of him.
R makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from R.
R wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oliveira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oliveira lands an elbow just above R 's eye.
R is trying to maintain a safe position but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns R into the cage.
Oliveira lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Oliveira!
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energy
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RATING
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