PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Moker (ranked 6821 p4p, 24675 weight class) and Angenor De Oliveira (ranked 632 p4p, 722 weight class). De Oliveira has chosen Cartola - Preciso Me Encontrar as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Moker
vs
De Oliveira

183 cm
19
195
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
190
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan Moker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angenor De Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Bruno Hogan and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moker falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Oliveira counters with a two punch combo.
Moker cracks De Oliveira with an open hand slap.
Moker moves out of range of the body kick.
De Oliveira takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Oliveira looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brendan Moker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Oliveira takes one on the button.
De Oliveira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice straight punches there by Moker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moker.

De Oliveira is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moker cracks De Oliveira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De Oliveira is still on wobbly legs! Can Moker finish him?
Moker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Decent striking displayed by Moker there.

Moker lands a left and a right that sends De Oliveira crashing to the canvas! Moker dives into mount looking to finish!
De Oliveira has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moker tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.

Moker get's back to his feet.
Moker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Oliveira's head backwards.
Moker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Moker connects with a body shot that sends De Oliveira's belly button to the back.
Nice uppercut there from Moker.
Moker scores with a nice strike.

Moker bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops De Oliveira! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

De Oliveira looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Moker is defending well. De Oliveira quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Moker has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! De Oliveira celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Angenor De Oliveira!
Angenor De Oliveira gave a mention to SynCity Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).