PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brett Yelton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira has chosen The Night Masquerade - Dimmu Borgir as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Yelton
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Yelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yelton keeps the fight on the outside.

Yelton gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Yelton has Oliveira pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Yelton pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Oliveira tumbling to the mat - Yelton dives into Oliveira's guard.
Yelton stops Oliveira from standing up.

Oliveira kicks Yelton off and gets to his feet.
Yelton tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yelton throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
Yelton wants to clinch.

Oliveira moves into the clinch successfully.
Yelton lands a knee to the head.

It looks like David Oliveira has been cut.
Yelton lands a good knee to the midsection. Oliveira won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yelton lands a nice elbow.
Oliveira is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliveira blocks an uppercut.
Yelton gets through Oliveira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oliveira is struggling to control the position.
Yelton scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yelton as Oliveira tries to tie him up.
Yelton throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira is trying to pull guard but Yelton turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Yelton avoids the damage to the body.
Yelton scores a nice knee to the body.
Yelton scores with a knee to the head.

Yelton pulls Oliveira into guard.

Oliveira gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Oliveira looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yelton forces Oliveira back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Yelton blocks with his arms.
Oliveira has Yelton pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yelton manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Oliveira is fighting off a takedown attempt but Yelton is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Oliveira to the mat. Oliveira regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Yelton throwing strikes from guard but Oliveira blocks nicely.
Yelton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliveira is trying to control the position but Yelton postures up.

Oliveira is working an open guard so Yelton takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yelton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Yelton clinches with his opponent.
Yelton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira stops a takedown attempt from Yelton.

Yelton jumps guard and drags Oliveira to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Yelton is keeping the position.
Oliveira looking to sit in guard and control but Yelton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Yelton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oliveira is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yelton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yelton trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yelton stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Yelton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Oliveira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yelton tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oliveira fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yelton avoids it really well and circles away.
Yelton wants to land a leg kick but Oliveira is out of range.
Yelton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oliveira moves out of range of the leg kick from Yelton.
Oliveira tries to score with a low kick but Yelton moves his leg out of the way.
Oliveira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yelton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yelton tries to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a thumping low kick.
Yelton scores with a leg kick.
Oliveira misses with a low kick.
Yelton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Oliveira. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yelton instigates a clinch.
Yelton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Oliveira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Oliveira has picked Yelton up - he's going for a ride! Oliveira dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Oliveira stops Yelton from getting back to his feet.
Yelton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira is looking to stall here but Yelton recovers full guard.

Oliveira gets to his feet. Yelton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira fails with the takedown.
Oliveira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yelton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yelton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oliveira tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Oliveira feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yelton's calf.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Yelton is having none of it.

Yelton rushes Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Yelton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira gets underhooks to prevent Yelton's takedown attempt.
Yelton misses with the head strike.

Yelton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yelton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Yelton clinches up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yelton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Yelton pulls guard effortlessly.
Yelton wants to stand up but Oliveira is controlling him.
Oliveira stays in close to Yelton's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. David Oliveira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Oliveira closes the distance and pushes Yelton back into the cage.
Yelton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oliveira fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Yelton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bone on bone clash there as Oliveira blocks the leg kick.
Oliveira lands with a thumping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Brett Yelton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Yelton tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Yelton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oliveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Oliveira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on David Oliveira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Yelton closes the distance and clinches.
Oliveira is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yelton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yelton landing knees to the head.
Yelton misses with a knee strike.
Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yelton's defenses.
Yelton tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Yelton is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Oliveira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yelton is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Oliveira is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Yelton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yelton blocks it with crossed arms.

Oliveira works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yelton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yelton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oliveira is controlling him.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Oliveira trying to control but Yelton is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. David Oliveira was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Yelton wants to clinch.
Brett Yelton is winning the standup battle so far.
Yelton tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.

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.
Yelton wants to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a leg kick.
Oliveira lands a two punch combo.
Yelton is looking to chop away at Oliveira's legs.
Yelton tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Yelton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brett Yelton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yelton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Oliveira. That did some damage!
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yelton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yelton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yelton tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yelton takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira stalling in the clinch but Yelton improves position.
Yelton looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Yelton has Oliveira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Oliveira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Yelton scores with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oliveira lands a good knee to the midsection. Yelton won't want to take too many of those.
Oliveira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Yelton blocks with his arms.
Yelton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira blocks a body shot from Yelton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yelton tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.
Nice elbow from Oliveira.
Oliveira trying to control the position but instead, Yelton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Oliveira into the cage.
Oliveira is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yelton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Oliveira jumps guard.
Yelton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yelton stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Oliveira!
After the fight, David Oliveira was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.