PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Cek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cek comes into the arena with Eye of the Tiger blaring out of the sound system. Jakob Cek could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marcelo Oliveira's chin.

Cek
vs
Oliveira

195 cm
21
287 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

205 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

THE STEEL PENN
O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jakob Cek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcelo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Cek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliveira to score with a decent uppercut.
Cek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oliveira wants it to stay on the feet.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cek shoots for a takedown but Oliveira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cek misses with a hook. Oliveira ducked under it nicely.
Oliveira scores with the left hand. Cek knows he should have avoided that one.
Cek walks into a straight right hand from Oliveira.
Some bone on bone action there as Oliveira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Cek fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Oliveira sprawls well initially but Cek persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oliveira is trying to maintain the position but Cek is very close to passing his half guard.
Oliveira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cek is looking to take a break and control but Oliveira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cek thows a huge punch but Oliveira dodges it nicely.
Cek looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cek seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cek wants to take a breather but Oliveira is having none of it.
Cek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cek is trying to control the action in half guard but Oliveira is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cek misses with a head shot. Oliveira uses the momentum to regain guard.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cek tries to hold on but Oliveira pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cek is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oliveira is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cek can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oliveira avoids the attempt from Cek to control.
Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oliveira sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cek sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cek controlling the position well.
Oliveira is trying to control the action in half guard but Cek is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cek is looking to improve his position.
Cek 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.
Cek gets full guard.

Oliveira is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cek keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira being controlled here momentarily.
Cek keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira postures up in Cek's guard and throws a big left but Cek blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cek is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Cek bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oliveira's guard.
Cek stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oliveira working a defensive guard here.
Cek is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Cek from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cek trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jakob Cek will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cek throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cek.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cek misses with an uppercut.
Cek loads up on a big right hand but Oliveira slips the punch.
Oliveira defending well as Cek loads up on a big left hand.
Oliveira cracks a nice hook into Cek's ribs.
A big right from Cek misses.
Cek throws a hook but Oliveira avoids it easily.
Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cek throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cek swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cek throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oliveira's waist but Oliveira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cek off to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliveira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cek on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Cek lands.
Oliveira lands a two punch combo.
Oliveira slips a jab from Cek.
Marcelo Oliveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cek misses with a combination
and Oliveira counters with a straight right hand.
Oliveira moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oliveira darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cek takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oliveira fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donk. Oliveira catches Cek right on the button with a cross.
Cek dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
Cek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oliveira lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oliveira swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cek.
Oliveira throws a lazy head kick

and Cek counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Oliveira's guard now.
Cek preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cek manages to get himself to full guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Cek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Cek is keeping the position.
Cek is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oliveira trying to control but Cek is working from the bottom.
Oliveira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oliveira trying to control but Cek is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cek.
Oliveira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cek misses with an uppercut.
Cek misses with a few strikes there.
Oliveira scores with a jab. Cek acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Oliveira gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cek to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Oliveira has a closed guard, preventing Cek from standing up.
Oliveira working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cek tries to free his leg and advance position but Oliveira is retaining full guard.
Cek trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cek wants to hold on but Oliveira pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Cek lands a nice looking kick to the body. Oliveira takes a step back to recover.
Cek is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Oliveira's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
A head kick misses from Cek.
Oliveira throws the left hand but Cek avoids the punch easily.
Cek scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oliveira doesn't seem bothered though.
Oliveira stuffs the takedown.
Cek throws a shot from downtown. Oliveira moves away and avoids it.
Oliveira might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cek looks for the body kick but Oliveira saw that one coming.
Oliveira walks into a left hand.
Cek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Cek closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cek lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cek passes Oliveira's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cek prevents Oliveira from improving his position.
Cek is nestled in close to Oliveira, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cek trying to control from half guard but Oliveira is working away.

Cek is looking for a kimura but Oliveira is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cek to get the leverage.
Cek trying to control the action but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Cek missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cek wants to advance to full mount but Oliveira doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Cek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Cek drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Oliveira manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cek has Oliveira in his guard.
Cek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oliveira trying to control but Cek is working from the bottom.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Cek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cek performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cek trying to control the action but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Oliveira holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Cek wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oliveira keeps working.
Cek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cek's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cek's back!
Cek breaks Oliveira's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Oliveira keeping full guard, as Cek tries to pass.
Cek advances position into side control!
Cek tries to score with some ground and pound. Oliveira controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cek.
Oliveira is not content to let Cek control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jakob Cek showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cek has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jakob Cek!