PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Silva da Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kartes Dao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oscar Silva da Luciano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Silva da Luciano
vs
Dao

178 cm
22
154 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar Silva da Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kartes Dao!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva da Luciano throws a series of punches but Dao avoids them all with ease.

Dao has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva da Luciano tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva da Luciano fails to pull guard.

Dao is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silva da Luciano can't fight it off and eventually Dao manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva da Luciano looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Silva da Luciano throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Silva da Luciano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva da Luciano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva da Luciano wants to sweep but no luck.

Silva da Luciano has his foot on Dao's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dao works his way back into a safe position though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dao accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva da Luciano keeping moving, preventing Dao from controlling successfully.
Dao in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dao 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.
Silva da Luciano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dao is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dao looking to sit in guard and control but Silva da Luciano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva da Luciano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva da Luciano is fighting to break Dao's control of his arms but Dao is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Dao looking for a guillotine here but Silva da Luciano defends easily.
Silva da Luciano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva da Luciano wants to control from the top but Dao keeps moving.
Dao not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva da Luciano stopping the sweep attempt from Dao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva da Luciano leaves Dao with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Silva da Luciano closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
You can see the frustration on Dao's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dao looks gassed!

Silva da Luciano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dao has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva da Luciano working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dao tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Silva da Luciano is trying to get an arm triangle but Dao is defending well.
Dao tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva da Luciano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva da Luciano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva da Luciano trying to control the action but Dao is working from the bottom.

Silva da Luciano decides to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Silva da Luciano dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva da Luciano 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.
Dao has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Silva da Luciano has passed into side control.
Dao is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Silva da Luciano wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dao, who protects the arm well.
Dao is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva da Luciano moves into full mount!
Silva da Luciano sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva da Luciano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva da Luciano controlling from mount.
Dao tries to hold on but Silva da Luciano pushes him away.

Dao is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Silva da Luciano locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Dao is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oscar Silva da Luciano!