PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joao Felipe Chaves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chaves comes to the cage accompanied by Funkist-Snow Fairy. Oliveira has chosen Greenday-Holyday as his entrance music. Joao Felipe Chaves could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Miguel Oliveira's chin.

Felipe Chaves
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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, Joao Felipe Chaves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliveira clinches up with Chaves and pushes him back against the cage.
Chaves is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oliveira jumps guard but Chaves turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Chaves is trying to pull guard but Oliveira turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chaves tries to pull guard but Oliveira holds him up against the cage and eventually Chaves drops back down to his feet.
Chaves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliveira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Oliveira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chaves tries for a takedown but Oliveira manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao Felipe Chaves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chaves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Oliveira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Oliveira looking to throw knees to the head but Chaves is blocking nicely.
Oliveira keeps control of Chaves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Oliveira has Chaves pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Oliveira pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Chaves tumbling to the mat - Oliveira dives into Chaves's guard.
Oliveira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chaves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliveira is working Chaves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Oliveira gets to his feet. Chaves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Chaves moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Chaves cracks the inside of Oliveira's front leg.
Chaves shoots in looking for a takedown but Oliveira manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Chaves's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but Chaves circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Chaves as Oliveira shoots in.
Oliveira fails to land the takedown.

Oliveira scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Oliveira stands up.

Oliveira bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Chaves is breathing heavily.
Chaves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oliveira working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira moves into full mount!
Oliveira putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oliveira connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chaves can't escape the position.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oliveira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Chaves takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oliveira content just to control the position here.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira cracks Chaves with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chaves?
Oliveira working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Oliveira quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Oliveira but it's paid off an Chaves is forced to tap! Nice work by Oliveira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miguel Oliveira!
An out of breath Miguel Oliveira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.