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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Oliveria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
KO power
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Excellent boxer
Determined
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Oliveria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shawn Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveria rushes Taylor and presses him up against the ropes.
Oliveria tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor tries to circle away but Oliveria has him pinned against the ropes.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oliveria is trying to break free.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Oliveria looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taylor is looking to break free of the clinch but Oliveria has double underhooks.
Oliveria trying to stall but Taylor improves his position.
Taylor lands a body punch.
Oliveria has Taylor pressed against the ropes, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oliveria tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oliveria has him pressed against the ropes.
Taylor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Oliveria's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveria tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oliveria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveria stalling in the clinch but Taylor improves position.
Oliveria keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oliveria throws an elbow but it misses.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliveria dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oliveria moves into the clinch.
Oliveria is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveria keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oliveria scores with a knee to the head.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Oliveria.
Nice jab there from Oliveria.
Taylor staying out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Oliveria as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oliveria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taylor, pushing him back against the ropes.
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Oliveria won't allow it.
Oliveria wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oliveria looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeps control of Oliveria as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oliveria keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oliveria pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oliveria.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Oliveria avoids it well.
Oliveria avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveria counters with a nice uppercut.
Taylor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oliveria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Taylor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oliveria counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor looks gassed!
Oliveria moves into the clinch.
Oliveria has Taylor pressed against the ropes, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor is trying to push Oliveria away but Oliveria has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveria wants to break free but Taylor has control.
Oliveria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliveria misses with a straight right.
Taylor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oliveria looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Shawn Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor misses with a double jab
and Oliveria counters with a nice body shot.
Oliveria bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Oliveria avoids them all with ease.
Oliveria fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oliveria.
Oliveria lands with an overhand left.
Oliveria misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveria throws out a loose jab but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor misses with a double jab
and Taylor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Oliveria dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Oliveria lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taylor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oliveria.
Taylor is rocked!
Oliveria showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Oliveria misses with an uppercut. Taylor saw that one coming.
Ricardo Oliveria is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Oliveria scores with a jab to the head.
Taylor throws a right hand that Oliveria ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliveria also avoids with ease.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Oliveria finish him?
Taylor looks to land a combination but Oliveria avoids it well.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oliveria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliveria missing with a left hand there. Taylor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Oliveria counters with a beautiful hook that drops Taylor to the mat! Will Taylor be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Oliveria to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Taylor is up. He looks OK to continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveria misses the jab.
Oliveria looks to throw the jab but Taylor is out of range.
Taylor defending well as Oliveria loads up on a big left hand.
Taylor takes one on the button.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shawn Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveria tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliveria has closed the distance and engaged Taylor in a clinch.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Oliveria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Oliveria.
Oliveria looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Taylor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice cross by Oliveria.
Oliveria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oliveria's jab looks to have found its range, popping Taylor under the eye.
Oliveria slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
A shot to the liver by Oliveria. Beautiful body shot.
Oliveria connects with a quick right hand that sends Taylor tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ricardo Oliveria!
Ricardo Oliveria tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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