PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordon brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oliveira
vs
brown

185 cm
18
207 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
207 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Rocha Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gordon brown!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
brown wants to clinch.
Oliveira shoots in but brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oliveira shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has brown pinned against the cage. brown gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

brown clinches with his opponent.
brown tries to pull guard but Oliveira holds him up against the cage and eventually brown drops back down to his feet.
Oliveira blocks an uppercut.
brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Oliveira has hold of one of brown's legs. brown is fighting the takedown attempt but Oliveira gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
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 won't allow brown to get back to his feet.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but brown keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira won't allow brown to get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if brown can do anything to dispel that myth.
Oliveira controls from within his opponent's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
brown tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.

Oliveira drives through with a takedown into guard.
Oliveira content to stall in guard here.
brown wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but brown is retaining full guard.
brown is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oliveira is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
brown looks gassed!
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
brown is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oliveira has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oliveira has closed the distance and engaged brown in a clinch.
brown lands a shoulder strike.
Oliveira blocking some punches.
Oliveira wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Oliveira has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed brown clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
brown is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Oliveira.
brown wants to get back to his feet.
Oliveira biding his time, looking for the opening.
brown holding both Oliveira 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oliveira has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for brown.
Oliveira scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. brown is looking for a way out.
What can brown do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
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.
Oliveira softening up his opponent with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Oliveira dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oliveira feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
brown wants to get back to his feet but Oliveira is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Oliveira slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
brown is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oliveira is controlling him.
Oliveira slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oliveira controlling from the top position.
brown is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliveira prevents brown from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Oliveira controls the pace.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Fabio Oliveira just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice sprawl there from brown as Oliveira shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from brown as Oliveira shoots in.

Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Oliveira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oliveira goes for a takedown attempt but brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
brown misses with a takedown attempt

and Oliveira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
brown fails to pull guard.
Oliveira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but brown pulls him back up using the underhooks.
brown misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from brown.
brown misses with the head strike.

brown successfully pulls guard.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but brown keeps moving.
brown wants to stand and escape but Oliveira is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliveira won't allow brown to get back to his feet.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but brown is retaining full guard.
brown wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling the position.

brown is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira is trying to drag brown to the mat but brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Oliveira misses with a punch to the body.

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.
brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliveira tries for a takedown. No joy.
Oliveira wants a takedown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from brown.
brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oliveira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliveira prevents the takedown attempt.
Oliveira drops down looking for an ankle pick but brown pulls his leg out and moves away.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt

and Oliveira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oliveira.

brown is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
brown wants a takedown but no success here.
brown wants a takedown.
brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Oliveira dominated that second round.
That's time! Oliveira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

brown tries for a takedown but Oliveira circles away easily

and Oliveira counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for brown!
Oliveira controlling the position easily from mount.
You get the feeling that brown really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
brown wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
You get the feeling that brown really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Oliveira cracks brown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliveira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
brown is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Oliveira scoring with strikes but brown is staying in there.
Oliveira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Oliveira seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down brown for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Fabio Oliveira just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Oliveira scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
brown is trying to stand.
Oliveira controlling the action here.
brown tries to kick Oliveira off but Oliveira keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
brown wants to get back to his feet.
Gordon brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fabio Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
brown misses with some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oliveira, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabio Oliveira!