PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Dorsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tifau Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dorsey
vs
Oliveira

182 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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, Bobby Dorsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tifau Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dorsey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dorsey is trying to get back to his feet.
Dorsey tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Dorsey is trying desperately to improve position.
Oliveira looking to control but Dorsey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dorsey is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Oliveira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dorsey is looking to escape.
Dorsey is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dorsey is squirming around, avoiding Oliveira's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dorsey really wants to buck Oliveira off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to control the pace but Dorsey is squirming around nicely.
Dorsey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oliveira cracks Dorsey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oliveira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dorsey is looking to get to half guard.
Dorsey is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dorsey is squirming around, avoiding Oliveira's attempts to control the action.
Dorsey tries to reverse the position but Oliveira maintains control.
Oliveira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dorsey is looking to escape.
Dorsey is trying to stand.
Oliveira avoids the attempt from Dorsey to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking to control but Dorsey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oliveira avoids the attempt from Dorsey to control.
Oliveira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dorsey is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Dorsey is working to get back to half guard.
Oliveira trying to control but Dorsey is having none of it.
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dorsey regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dorsey is refusing to be controlled, as Oliveira sits in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tifau Oliveira.

Oliveira moves into the clinch.
Dorsey is trying to break the clinch but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Dorsey is looking to take this one to the mat.
Oliveira is pressed up against the cage. Dorsey has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Oliveira down to the mat. Oliveira avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oliveira pushing down on Dorsey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dorsey trying to control but Oliveira postures up.
Dorsey is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dorsey defending well though.
Dorsey trying to hold on to Oliveira's head to control him but Oliveira postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira stalling.

Oliveira seems to be working for a kimura but Dorsey defends the submission attempt.
Dorsey tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Oliveira manages to move to mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dorsey wants to get back to his feet.
Dorsey tries to reverse the position but Oliveira maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tifau Oliveira dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dorsey, pushing him back against the cage.

Dorsey manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oliveira trying to control the position but instead, Dorsey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Oliveira into the cage.

Oliveira manages to pull guard.
Oliveira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dorsey postures up and lands a big shot to Oliveira's brow.
Dorsey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dorsey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorsey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dorsey landing some decent shots from guard.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dorsey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Oliveira looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dorsey has passed into side control.
Dorsey working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dorsey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dorsey is putting a hurting on Oliveira here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oliveira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorsey scoring with punches and elbows.

Dorsey tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dorsey has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dorsey has hold of Oliveira's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Oliveira seems comfortable defending it but Dorsey has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Oliveira is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Oliveira is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Dorsey couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bobby Dorsey!