PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rafael al danos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes to the cage accompanied by The Crystal Method - The Name of the Game. rafael al danos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Oliveira
vs
al danos

186 cm
19
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 Rio de Janeiro, Vinny Oliveira!
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, rafael al danos!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al danos misses with the combination.
al danos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oliveira circles away quickly and effectively.
al danos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
al danos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from al danos.
rafael al danos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al danos fails to land with a series of punches.
al danos tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
al danos misses with a double jab.
al danos swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from al danos misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
al danos looks to land a combination but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira fails with a takedown attempt.

Oliveira moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oliveira gets control of al danos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Oliveira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but al danos defends easily.

Oliveira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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.
Oliveira lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for al danos!
al danos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
al danos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
BOOM! Oliveira connects with a massive shot to the dome!
al danos looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al danos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound but al danos is blocking nicely.
Oliveira is landing with some decent strikes but al danos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
al danos is desperately trying to improve his position but Oliveira has a good base and remains in mount.
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount and al danos is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Oliveira.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira landing strikes from the mount.
Oliveira scoring with strikes but al danos is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Oliveira.

Oliveira has control of al danos's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and al danos regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oliveira cracks al danos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, al danos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Oliveira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
al danos tries to lock up and control but Oliveira gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oliveira unloading with bombs!
Oliveira could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Oliveira cracks al danos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
al danos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Oliveira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. al danos looks a forlorn figure.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Oliveira.
al danos has given up his back. Will we see Oliveira going for some submissions?
al danos is trying to get back to his feet but Oliveira has full control of the position and if anything, al danos has just worked his way into a worse spot.
al danos covering up well under a series of strikes from Oliveira.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira is not going to allow al danos to sit and survive in this position.

Oliveira working for the choke.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

al danos showing good submission defense here.
Oliveira connects with a big shot to the side of al danos's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Oliveira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from al danos.
al danos misses with an attempted mid kick.
al danos misses with the combination.
al danos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
al danos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Oliveira feints and as al danos raises his hands in defense, Oliveira changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
al danos trying to keep a closed guard but Oliveira is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliveira passes into half guard.
Oliveira looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks al danos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Oliveira wants to work for an arm triangle but al danos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Oliveira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oliveira 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.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliveira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
al danos tries to lock up and control but Oliveira gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oliveira takes al danos's back.

Oliveira working for a choke but al danos is defending well.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that al danos can do to turn this around?
Oliveira looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al danos wants to control his opponent's hands but Oliveira gets his hands free.
al danos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Oliveira kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Oliveira lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Oliveira.
al danos wants to control his opponent's hands but Oliveira gets his hands free.

Oliveira tightening his grip on al danos, looking for the choke.

Oliveira looking for the RNC.
This has been an exciting period of action!

al danos defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands with a hammerfist to the side of al danos's head.
Oliveira lands shots from the back.
Oliveira is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Oliveira lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee is taking a good look at al danos as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Oliveira!

Oliveira has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for al danos! Can he survive? No! He's out! Oliveira gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vinny Oliveira!