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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ze Minotauro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minotauro's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Buckethead - jump man. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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253 lbs
18 - 12 - 1 |
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227 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ze Minotauro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira with a poor takedown
and Minotauro counters with a leg kick.
Oliveira shoots for a double leg takedown but Minotauro sprawls well. He's pushed Oliveira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Minotauro misses with a double jab.
Oliveira looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Oliveira is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Minotauro wants to control but Oliveira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Oliveira wants to free his trapped foot but Minotauro is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Oliveira is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Minotauro is holding on to half guard well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Oliveira.
Oliveira working over Minotauro with some ground and pound. Minotauro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oliveira throwing shots but Minotauro is blocking nicely.
Minotauro tries to get to full guard but Oliveira has control of the leg.
Minotauro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Oliveira's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Oliveira's back!
Minotauro is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Oliveira has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Good control from Minotauro.
You can see the frustration on Oliveira's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minotauro wants to control but Oliveira manages to buck him off and is now in Minotauro's guard! Nice work there by Oliveira!
Oliveira is looking to work some ground and pound but Minotauro has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira trying to control but Minotauro is working from the bottom.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Minotauro is keeping the position.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Minotauro is pulling down on Oliveira's head to control his posture.
Minotauro wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Minotauro's head.
Minotauro has his hands on Oliveira's head, controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oliveira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Minotauro 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 postures up in Minotauro's guard and throws a big left but Minotauro blocks it.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliveira working some strikes from top position.
Minotauro working a defensive guard here.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Minotauro is retaining full guard.
Minotauro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira throws a big right hand that misses.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Minotauro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Minotauro is keeping the position.
Oliveira passes Minotauro's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio 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.
Oliveira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Minotauro.
Minotauro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oliveira in his tracks.
Minotauro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Minotauro throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Minotauro leaves Oliveira with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Oliveira looking to score a takedown here. Minotauro is defending well but Oliveira drives through and ends up in Minotauro's guard.
Oliveira is in close to Minotauro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Minotauro controls Oliveira momentarily but Oliveira frees himself.
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!
Oliveira avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Minotauro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minotauro is controlling Oliveira's posture.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oliveira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Minotauro controls Oliveira momentarily but Oliveira frees himself.
Oliveira lands a couple of digs.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Minotauro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Minotauro looking to control.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Minotauro's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots but Minotauro is blocking nicely.
Oliveira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Minotauro defending well though.
Oliveira tries to pass the half guard into mount. Minotauro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Oliveira controlling the action here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira is thwarting Minotauro's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira tries to pass to full mount but Minotauro defends it.
Minotauro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Minotauro.
Oliveira showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira postures up.
Minotauro pulls Oliveira in close to prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ze Minotauro wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Minotauro stuffs the takedown attempt from Oliveira. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
Oliveira shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Minotauro is trying to defend but Oliveira finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Oliveira trying to mount his opponent but Minotauro defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control the action but Minotauro is working from the bottom.
Minotauro wants to control but Oliveira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Minotauro wants to improve his position but Oliveira is controlling well.
Minotauro moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fabio Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Minotauro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Minotauro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Minotauro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oliveira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Minotauro to score with a decent uppercut.
Minotauro throws a looping overhand right but Oliveira ducks down to avoid it.
No luck for Oliveira with that takedown attempt.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Minotauro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira moves out of range as Minotauro throws a body kick.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Minotauro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Minotauro misses the target.
Minotauro misses with a low kick as Oliveira jumps back.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Minotauro but Minotauro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ze Minotauro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Oliveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minotauro lands a leg kick that knocks Oliveira off balance momentarily.
Oliveira throws out a powerful jab.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Minotauro.
Minotauro throws a low kick but Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Oliveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Minotauro is fending him off so far but Oliveira persists. Nope, Minotauro circles away and we're back to standing.
Minotauro lands a nice shot that snaps Oliveira's head back.
Ze Minotauro is winning the standup battle so far.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Minotauro.
Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Minotauro.
Some bone on bone action there as Oliveira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Minotauro as he jumps to the side.
Minotauro leaves Oliveira with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ze Minotauro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ze Minotauro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliveira shoots and misses
and Minotauro counters with a three punch combo that has Oliveira backing up. Oliveira nods at Minotauro to acknowledge the strikes.
Minotauro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliveira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jab by Minotauro.
Oliveira checks a low kick from Minotauro.
Oliveira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Minotauro circles away.
Minotauro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Oliveira fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Minotauro.
Oliveira fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Minotauro avoids it really well and circles away.
Oliveira fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Minotauro throws a shot from downtown. Oliveira moves away and avoids it.
Minotauro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Minotauro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Minotauro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Minotauro misses the target.
Minotauro scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minotauro feints and then cracks Oliveira's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oliveira down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minotauro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Oliveira is defended easily by Minotauro.
Oliveira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Minotauro.
Minotauro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira moves out of range as Minotauro strikes.
Oliveira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Minotauro circles away.
Minotauro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oliveira swivels and escapes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Minotauro.
Minotauro throws a sloppy head kick and Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Minotauro tries to sprawl but Oliveira drives through with a takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ze Minotauro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabio Oliveira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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