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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kelso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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213 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
217 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Kelso!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Kelso.
Some wild striking there from Kelso.
Oliveira is looking to clinch but Kelso is avoiding it.
Oliveira is looking to clinch.
Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kelso, pushing him back against the cage.
Oliveira taking a breather.
Oliveira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oliveira is working Kelso over against the cage.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kelso looks gassed!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kelso tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Oliveira just stands there and leans against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliveira content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Oliveira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Oliveira.
Kelso dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kelso holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kelso takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliveira.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira digs a right hand into Kelso's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kelso's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Oliveira.
Come on Oliveira - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Kelso is working for takedown but Oliveira is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kelso wants a takedown.
Fabio Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Kelso.
Oliveira is leaning against Kelso and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliveira presses Kelso against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oliveira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kelso or not.
Oliveira stalling the fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oliveira pushes Kelso back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body.
Oliveira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Come on Oliveira - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oliveira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body.
Oliveira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
Oliveira seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Oliveira lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Kelso has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelso there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kelso avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kelso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kelso takes one on the button.
Kelso slips a straight right by Oliveira.
Fabio Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Kelso misses.
Kelso clinches up against the cage.
Oliveira just leaning against Kelso, taking a breather.
Oliveira stops a takedown attempt from Kelso.
Oliveira just leaning against Kelso, taking a breather.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelso backwards.
Oliveira has Kelso pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Oliveira.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kelso shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Oliveira's guard.
Kelso is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kelso with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kelso throws and elbow that misses. Oliveira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kelso's guard. Nice move by Oliveira!
Kelso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kelso escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oliveira gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira wanted to stand there but Kelso had control of the position.
Kelso has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oliveira can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kelso had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Oliveira defends it easily.
Oliveira wants to stand but Kelso has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kelso slips a jab and a cross from Oliveira.
Oliveira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kelso takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Oliveira scores with a four punch combination!
Kelso shoots for a takedown but Oliveira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oliveira rushes Kelso and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oliveira digs a right hand underneath Kelso's ribcage. Kelso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oliveira lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira presses Kelso against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oliveira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Oliveira.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fabio Oliveira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kelso being controlled against the cage.
Oliveira is working Kelso over against the cage.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Oliveira.
A hook to the body from Oliveira.
Kelso letting Oliveira take a breather here.
A short right from Oliveira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Kelso's head.
Oliveira scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kelso goes for a takedown in the clinch but Oliveira prevents it.
Fabio Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Kelso.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oliveira scores with a shoulder strike.
Oliveira content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira slowing the pace effectively.
Oliveira is pressed up against the cage. Kelso has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Oliveira down to the mat. Oliveira avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Oliveira clinches but Kelso breaks the clinch
and Kelso counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oliveira tries to clinch but Kelso is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fabio Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by Kelso.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the body.
Oliveira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Kelso.
Kelso throws a big shot that misses.
Kelso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oliveira lands a body shot.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but Kelso circles away.
Oliveira doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelso circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a body punch but Kelso moves out of range.
Oliveira is looking to clinch but Kelso is avoiding it.
Oliveira lands a nice looking body shot.
Kelso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliveira doesn't manage to clinch there - Kelso circles away.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch but Kelso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira has Kelso up against the cage in a clinch.
Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
Kelso wants a takedown but no success here.
Oliveira is stalling here.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oliveira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelso can do to turn this around?
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira effectively controlling the action here.
Oliveira lands a nice uppercut.
Kelso is rocked!
Oliveira dips a shoulder and cracks Kelso with a mighty uppercut! Kelso falls back against the cage and Oliveira unloads with a barrage of strikes! Kelso is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Oliveira screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fabio Oliveira!
Fabio Oliveira retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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