PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zina Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes to the cage accompanied by Rollin' - Limp Bizkit. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Funk Do Ronaldo. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Oliveira
vs
Silva

170 cm
19
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zina Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliveira bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oliveira slows the pace down.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Oliveira keeps moving and retains side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva regains half guard.

Oliveira is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nice strikes from Oliveira there.
Oliveira tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Oliveira winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Oliveira pulls his head out easily.
Oliveira tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva is staying active underneath Oliveira, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva looks gassed!
Oliveira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Oliveira fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Oliveira persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oliveira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oliveira is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oliveira scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the head.
Oliveira cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Oliveira unloading with bombs!
Oliveira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oliveira content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Oliveira wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Oliveira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.

Oliveira working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Oliveira's attempts to control the action.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Oliveira has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliveira might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Oliveira wants to sweep but no luck.
Oliveira trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Oliveira dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Oliveira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Oliveira gets control of Silva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Oliveira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Silva is sitting in close to Oliveira's body. Oliveira has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Silva is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Silva is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Oliveira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Leo Oliveira!