PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luan Nonato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dhynho Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dhynho Oliveira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luan Nonato's chin.

Nonato
vs
Oliveira

184 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 Rio de Janeiro, Luan Nonato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dhynho Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nonato rushes Oliveira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nonato tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oliveira smiles and moves away.
Oliveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oliveira wants it to stay on the feet.
Oliveira shoots for a double leg takedown but Nonato sprawls well. He's pushed Oliveira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt - Nonato sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Nonato is just out of range.
Oliveira misses with a head kick.
Oliveira displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nonato.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luan Nonato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nonato shoots in looking for a takedown but Oliveira manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nonato's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nonato lands with a slapping head kick.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.

Oliveira throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nonato tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Oliveira is in Nonato's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nonato controlling the position.
Oliveira is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oliveira postures up and lands a big shot to Nonato's brow.
Oliveira not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Oliveira is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nonato keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dhynho Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nonato circles away quickly and effectively.

Nonato instigates a clinch.
Nonato working hard to break the clinch.
Oliveira tries to pull guard but Nonato forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Nonato breaks the clinch.
Oliveira tries a head kick but it misses.

Nonato gets a clinch.
Nonato displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oliveira up against the cage.
Nonato has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Oliveira after a bit of a struggle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nonato is trying to pull guard but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Oliveira pushes down on Nonato's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Oliveira seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Nonato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
Oliveira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oliveira working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Luan Nonato has been cut.
Nonato tries to lock up and control but Oliveira gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nonato takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nonato really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oliveira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nonato is looking to escape.

Oliveira get's back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nonato misses with a takedown

and Oliveira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Oliveira is thwarting Nonato's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhynho Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luan Nonato's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oliveira dives in and scores a takedown into Nonato's guard.
Oliveira is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Nonato on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nonato tries to get out of the position.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nonato 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.
Oliveira looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Oliveira's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dhynho Oliveira was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nonato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Oliveira as he jumps to the side.
Nonato shoots in looking for a takedown. Oliveira tries to sprawl out of it but Nonato keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oliveira manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Oliveira closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nonato did well to prevent Oliveira getting side control.

Oliveira escapes and gets back to his feet.
Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nonato shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luan Nonato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nonato scores with a head kick.
Nonato looks for a takedown but Oliveira sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nonato fails with the takedown.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nonato scores with a head kick.
Nonato tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oliveira swivels and escapes.
Luan Nonato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nonato moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nonato tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Nonato avoids the head kick by Oliveira.
Oliveira shoots in but no luck this time.

Oliveira fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Nonato to the ground. Oliveira is now in Nonato's guard.
Oliveira sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nonato's guard.
Oliveira wants to take a breather but Nonato is having none of it.
Oliveira drops an elbow to the side of Nonato's head.
Nonato tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Oliveira has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Oliveira has isolated one of Nonato's arms. Nonato looking to fight him off but Oliveira twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dhynho Oliveira!