PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadan Ness (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.

Oliveira
vs
Ness

181 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hudson Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cadan Ness!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Oliveira checks a leg kick.
Ness lands a two punch combo.
Oliveira walks into a straight right hand from Ness.

Ness gets caught flat footed, as Oliveira shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ness is keeping the position for now.
Oliveira controlling from the top position.
Oliveira with a nice head shot there.
Oliveira seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Oliveira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness looking to control but Oliveira passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Oliveira in particular looking to stall.
Ness is refusing to be controlled, as Oliveira sits in half guard.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ness wants to improve his position but Oliveira is controlling well.
Oliveira keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oliveira's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ness ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oliveira tries to move into range but Ness moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Oliveira closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ness's guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness is trying to control the position but Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness is trying to control the position but Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira advances position into side control!
Ness is looking to reverse the position.
Oliveira is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Oliveira trying to control the action but Ness is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ness is working to avoid the ground and pound but Oliveira connects with a decent elbow.
Oliveira tries to move into full mount but can't pass Ness's legs.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Ness is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but Ness denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hudson Oliveira dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oliveira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Oliveira shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Oliveira was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ness is trying to control Oliveira's posture but Oliveira avoids it.
Ness tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Oliveira presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Oliveira lands a couple of good shots and Ness has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Oliveira is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Ness knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Ness for a finish.

Oliveira looking for the choke from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Ness's body.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ness can do to turn this around?
Oliveira has the hooks in. Ness is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Oliveira is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Ness has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Oliveira has his arm under Ness's chin here. Game over son! Oliveira squeezes tightly and Ness is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hudson Oliveira!