PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radek Urban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urban has chosen Bodyrock as his entrance music. Radek Urban is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Oliveira
vs
Urban

195 cm
18
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radek Urban!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliveira closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Oliveira prevents Urban from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Urban is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Oliveira in particular looking to stall.
Oliveira could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Oliveira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Urban looks like he's trying to stand up.
Urban is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Urban is trying to control but can't.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Urban throws a left and a right that both miss

and Oliveira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Oliveira looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Oliveira passes Urban's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Oliveira is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control the pace.
Oliveira's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Oliveira has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thiago Oliveira has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Oliveira scores with the left hand. Urban knows he should have avoided that one.
Urban lands a nice looking body kick.
Urban throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Urban shoots and misses

and Oliveira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Oliveira is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Thiago Oliveira wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Oliveira shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Oliveira dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Urban has his takedown stuffed

and Oliveira counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oliveira controlling the action here.
Urban wants to get back to his feet.
Urban on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oliveira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Oliveira is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira slows the pace down in half guard.
Oliveira passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Urban!
Oliveira thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Oliveira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Oliveira landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urban can't escape the position.
Oliveira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oliveira throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Oliveira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Urban tries to reverse the position but Oliveira maintains control.

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.
Urban is breathing heavily.
Oliveira mounts Urban! Really nice guard pass there!
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
Urban takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oliveira controlling the pace for now.
Urban throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Oliveira dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Oliveira looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Oliveira trying to control the pace.
Urban missing with punches from the bottom.
Urban looks like he's trying to stand up.
Oliveira is pressing down on Urban's thigh, looking to free his foot. Urban is holding on for now.
Oliveira sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Thiago Oliveira wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Urban with a poor takedown

so Oliveira counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Oliveira content to stall in guard here.
Urban takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Urban wants to get back to his feet but Oliveira passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Oliveira in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Oliveira has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oliveira controlling the pace for now.
Thiago Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws some wild stikes that Urban manages to avoid easily.
Oliveira controlling from the full mount.
Oliveira seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Urban for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oliveira raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oliveira controlling the position easily from mount.
Oliveira wants to take Urban's back but he can't do it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oliveira, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25

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