PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

de Oliveira
vs
Bastard

201 cm
28
282 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

225 cm
33
288 lbs
31 - 19 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Golden Supplements

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luciano de Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but de Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bastard falls off balance throwing a combination

and de Oliveira counters with a head kick that drops Bastard to the mat! Bastard scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
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!
Bastard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de Oliveira's waist but de Oliveira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bastard off to one side.
Bastard misses with a hook. de Oliveira ducked under it nicely.
Bastard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick misses from de Oliveira.
Bastard loads up on a big right hand but de Oliveira slips the punch.
A low kick from Bastard misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Bastard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knees to the body from de Oliveira.
Bastard looks winded!
de Oliveira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.

It looks like Big Bastard has been cut.
de Oliveira landing knees to the head.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.

Bastard is rocked!
de Oliveira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
de Oliveira with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bastard is trying to break the clinch but de Oliveira is controlling him.
de Oliveira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bastard.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
de Oliveira with a knee to the head.
Bastard is still on wobbly legs! Can de Oliveira finish him?
de Oliveira crunches a lovely knee into Bastard's ribcage.
Bastard seems to have recovered his senses.
de Oliveira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bastard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
de Oliveira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands a knee to the body.
de Oliveira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira lands a nice knee to the body.
de Oliveira lands an elbow just above Bastard 's eye.
de Oliveira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.
Bastard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
de Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
de Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bastard wants a takedown but no success here.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by de Oliveira.
A head punch on the inside from Bastard fails to land.
de Oliveira with a knee to the head.
de Oliveira scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
de Oliveira taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bastard has de Oliveira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. de Oliveira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Luciano de Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Bastard.
de Oliveira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
de Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bastard tries to break free but de Oliveira pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bastard tries to break free but de Oliveira pushes him back against the cage.
Bastard is trying to force a seperation but de Oliveira has the dominant position.
Bastard blocks an elbow strike from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
de Oliveira lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastard wants to break free but de Oliveira has control.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Oliveira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastard is trying to break free.

Bastard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bastard blocks a head kick by de Oliveira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano de Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Big Bastard's cut.
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.

Bastard has closed the distance and engaged de Oliveira in a clinch.
de Oliveira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luciano de Oliveira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bastard throws a punch but it's blocked by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bastard is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
de Oliveira misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Oliveira trying to land knees to the body.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Oliveira with a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
de Oliveira lands a knee to the head.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Oliveira has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Oliveira slows down the pace here.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
de Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.
de Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Oliveira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Bastard shrugs off.
de Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Bastard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de Oliveira leaves Bastard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bastard moves into the clinch.
Bastard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bastard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de Oliveira throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bastard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bastard gets a clinch.
de Oliveira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bastard is trying to pull guard but de Oliveira turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
de Oliveira creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Bastard! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for de Oliveira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luciano de Oliveira!
Luciano de Oliveira seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.