PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ninja Siberian (ranked 4583 p4p, 5843 weight class) and Moses Olivera (ranked 451 p4p, 488 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Siberian
vs
Olivera

190 cm
18
265
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
220
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ninja Siberian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Olivera!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siberian fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Olivera avoids it really well and circles away.
Olivera lands a leg kick that knocks Siberian off balance momentarily.
Siberian fails with the takedown

and Olivera counters with a shoot takedown. Siberian fights it but they end up in guard.

Siberian looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Olivera slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Siberian has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Olivera gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Siberian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Siberian attempts a counter takedown but Olivera avoids it well and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siberian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Olivera as he avoids it easily.
Olivera wants to counter with a clinch but Siberian pushes him away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ninja Siberian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Siberian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Olivera changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Siberian looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Olivera working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olivera slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olivera working away.
Olivera working the ground and pound.
Siberian is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Siberian struggling a bit here.
Olivera cracks Siberian with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Olivera lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Siberian down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olivera works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Siberian can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Olivera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Olivera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Siberian tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Olivera easily slips into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olivera has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Siberian's face.
Olivera scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Siberian?
Olivera landing shots from mount.
Olivera controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Siberian takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olivera landing shots from mount.
Olivera wants to take Siberian's back but he can't do it this time.
Siberian is wriggling around trying to escape.
Siberian tries to hold on but Olivera pushes him away.
Olivera fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Siberian is looking to get to half guard.

Olivera working for a guillotine from mount but Siberian is in no mood to give up.
Siberian just holding on.
Olivera landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olivera wants to take Siberian's back but he can't do it this time.
Siberian is desperately trying to improve his position but Olivera has a good base and remains in mount.
Olivera controlling his opponent.
It looks like Olivera might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Olivera looks winded!
Siberian is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Olivera manages to capitalize on a mistake by Siberian to take his back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Siberian looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Olivera closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Siberian did well to prevent Olivera getting side control.

Siberian is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Olivera pulls his head out easily.
Siberian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Olivera is working away from the top position though.

Siberian looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Olivera is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siberian is looking to control Olivera's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Siberian avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olivera trying to control the pace.
Olivera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice strikes from Olivera there.
Olivera really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Siberian. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Siberian is positioning himself well to prevent Olivera advancing to mount.
Olivera looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Siberian looking for submissions off his back.
Siberian trying to hold on to Olivera's head to control him but Olivera postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Siberian looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siberian trying to control here.
Olivera wants to stand but Siberian has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Siberian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Olivera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Olivera working the head and body with strikes.
Siberian trying to control here.
Siberian wants to control but Olivera passes into side.
Olivera connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Siberian some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siberian struggling a bit here.

Olivera has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Olivera shoots in but Siberian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Siberian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Olivera circles away.
Siberian gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olivera.
Siberian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Olivera as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ninja Siberian. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Olivera drives through with a takedown into Siberian's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Siberian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Olivera is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Olivera is working Siberian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siberian controls Olivera momentarily but Olivera frees himself.

Siberian looking for a guillotine here but Olivera defends easily.
Olivera is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Olivera advances to half guard.
Siberian trying to control here.
Moses Olivera has got the better of the ground game so far.

Siberian is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Olivera pulls his head out easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Olivera slows the pace down in half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Olivera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Olivera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Olivera shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Siberian napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Siberian is trying to control Olivera's posture but Olivera avoids it.
Siberian is trying to improve his position.
Siberian wants to control but Olivera postures up.
Siberian stops Olivera from passing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olivera lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Siberian down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Olivera stands up.

Olivera moves into the clinch successfully.
Olivera just leaning against Siberian, taking a breather.
Olivera effectively controlling the action here.

Olivera tightens his grip and picks Siberian up, before dumping him to the ground. Siberian manages to land in guard.
Olivera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Olivera looking to pass the guard.

Siberian looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Olivera has picked Siberian up and slammed him! Siberian can't keep hold of the triangle and Olivera manages to pass to side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Siberian's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Siberian is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Olivera's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Olivera is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Siberian doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Olivera.
Siberian is trying to maintain the position but Olivera is very close to passing his half guard.

Siberian looking for submissions off his back.
Olivera keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siberian trying to control but Olivera postures up.

Siberian actively working from the bottom here.
Olivera perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Olivera's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Siberian looking for submissions off his back.

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.

Siberian actively working from the bottom here.
Siberian wants to get back to full guard.
Siberian moves into full guard.
Olivera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Siberian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olivera showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Let's hope that Olivera has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moses Olivera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Olivera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moses Olivera!
Our winner, Moses Olivera, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.