PBP Commentary

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

Bang
vs
Oliveira

188 cm
24
220 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
222 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bang Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bang connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Oliveira scrambles back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Bang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bang blocks a jab.
Bang throws a lazy right hand but Oliveira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oliveira. Bang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliveira lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Bang Bang has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira checks a leg kick.
Oliveira jabs Bang right on the nose. Bang blinks but takes it well.
Bang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliveira.
Bang misses with a straight left.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oliveira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bang lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Bang ducks down to avoid it.
Oliveira blocks a leg kick.
Bang wants to land a leg kick but Oliveira is out of range.
Bang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Bang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Oliveira's head.
Oliveira wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oliveira misses with a hook. Bang ducked under it nicely.
Oliveira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oliveira needs to keep his hands up - Bang had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Oliveira's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang connects with a solid leg kick.
Bang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands with a shot to the body.
Bang tries to work over Oliveira's front leg with a kick but Oliveira checks it.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but Bang moved out of range nicely.
Bang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bang throws a lazy right hand but Oliveira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliveira misses with a left hand
and Bang counters with an outside leg kick.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
Oliveira lands a jab to the nose.
Oliveira misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Bang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bang connects with a body shot that sends Oliveira's belly button to the back.
Oliveira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jab from Oliveira.
Oliveira works over Bang's head and body with a nice combination.
Oliveira walks into a straight right hand from Bang.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Bang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bang misses.
A combination from Bang does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Bang. Those never looked like landing.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bang takes a swing at Oliveira's ribcage but misses.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
Danga de danga de dang - Bang scores with a four punch combination!
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Bang moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oliveira thuds a left hand into Bang's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fabio Oliveira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bang Bang's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira misses with a straight right.
Bang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira throws a lazy right hand but Bang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliveira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Fabio Oliveira has been cut.
Fabio Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oliveira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but Bang moved out of range nicely.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliveira is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Bang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Bang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliveira throws a series of strikes that have Bang backpedaling.
Bang misses with a looping left.
Bang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Bang moves out of range.
Oliveira throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira works Bang's body with a nice hook.
Bang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bang misses with a wild body shot.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
Bang lands a leg kick that knocks Oliveira off balance momentarily.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Bang fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Oliveira checks it well.
Bang lands a jab to the head.
Oliveira swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.
Bang throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Bang moved out of range.
Bang throws a hook to the side of Oliveira's head but Oliveira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Bang misses.
Sloppy strikes from Bang. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Bang misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bang.
Bang throws a leg kick
and Oliveira counters with a left and a right that stings Bang.
Bang misses with a wild body shot.
Oliveira works Bang's body with a nice hook.
Oliveira stalks Bang and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bang's face. Bang staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira scores with the left hand. Bang knows he should have avoided that one.
Bang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oliveira.
Bang catches Oliveira with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira cracks Bang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bang moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Bang ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bang takes one to the side of the head.
Bang misses with a hook. Oliveira ducked under it nicely.
Oliveira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bang misses with a wild body shot.
Bang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oliveira has time to react.
Oliveira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bangs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oliveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Bang is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bang.
Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Oliveira's shoulder, as Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Bang saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang throws a big shot that misses.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Bang.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oliveira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bang scores with a jab. Oliveira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bang connects with a looping right hand.
Bang lands with a shot to the body.
Bang throws a lazy right hand but Oliveira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bang swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oliveira momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Oliveira has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bang. Oliveira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bang lands a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bang.
Bang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Oliveira is rocked!
Oliveira's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A big right from Bang misses.
Oliveira is still on wobbly legs! Can Bang finish him?
Oliveira swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang misses with a kick to the body.
Bang lands a body shot.
Bang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliveira ducks right into an uppercut from Bang.

Bang cracks Oliveira with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Bang has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Oliveira to stand back up!
Oliveira doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bang misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bang darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bang drops Oliveira with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Oliveira! Bang dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bang Bang!