PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Napao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Napao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oliveira
vs
Napao

190 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Napao!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Napao defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Napao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliveira to score with a decent uppercut.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Napao moves out of range.
Napao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliveira misses with a double jab.
Oliveira wants to clinch.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Napao keeps the fight on the outside.
Napao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oliveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Napao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oliveira really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Napao's head but Napao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Napao avoids them all with ease.
Napao has a takedown stuffed.
Napao moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Napao is defended easily by Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Napao circles away and keeps his distance.
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Oliveira looks to land a combination but Napao avoids it well.
Marcus Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two 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.
Oliveira throws a jab when Napao was well out of range.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Napao looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marcus Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Napao.
Oliveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Napao circles away quickly and effectively.
Napao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Napao circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Napao dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
A punch combination from Oliveira misses.
Oliveira looks to land a combination but Napao avoids it well.
Napao dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Napao slips the punch.
Napao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oliveira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

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.
Nice sprawl there from Oliveira as Napao shoots in.
A punch combination from Oliveira misses.
Napao shoots for a takedown but Oliveira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Oliveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oliveira wants it to stay on the feet.
Oliveira is looking to clinch.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Napao dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Napao moves out of range.
Napao is trying hard to land a takedown here. Oliveira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Napao fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira avoids it really well and circles away.
Oliveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oliveira scores with a three punch combo!
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Napao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Napao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Napao moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Napao moves out of range.
Napao misses the shot to the body.
Napao 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 Napao off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Napao manages to avoid it.
Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Napao ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Oliveira.
Napao fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcus Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Napao.
Oliveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oliveira misses with a hook.
Oliveira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Napao.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Some wild striking there from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Napao defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Napao looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Napao throws a leg kick but Oliveira moved away.
Napao fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Oliveira moves in looking to clinch but Napao pushes him off.
Napao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Napao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliveira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Napao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oliveira as he avoids it easily.
Marcus Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Napao is out of range.
Napao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oliveira as he avoids it easily.
Napao ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Napao avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira tries to bum rush Napao with a series of wild strikes but Napao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Napao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

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.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliveira misses with a body shot.
Marcus Oliveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Oliveira misses.
Oliveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Napao fails with the takedown.
Napao shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira throws a nice looking combination but Napao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Napao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Oliveira dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Oliveira misses with a shot to the body

so Napao counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Oliveira has his hands on Napao's head, controlling the position.
Napao wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Oliveira seems keen to control Napao's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napao wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

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.
Oliveira managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Napao puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Napao wants to control but Oliveira is keeping him busy.
Gabriel Napao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Napao sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oliveira defending well though.
Napao is trying to control. Oliveira wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oliveira tries to clinch
and Napao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Napao ducks down to avoid it.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Napao fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oliveira misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Napao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oliveira 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

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