PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendell Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fisher comes into the arena with Anberlin - Feel Good Drag blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Fisher
vs
Oliveira

182 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

160 cm
18
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

ANABOLIC **160**

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerome Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wendell Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira lands a right hook to the body.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Fisher.
Fisher slips a jab from Oliveira.
Fisher misses with a takedown attempt - Oliveira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fisher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira lands with a good body shot.
Fisher on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Nice defenses there by Oliveira.
Donk. Oliveira catches Fisher right on the button with a cross.
Oliveira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fisher was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliveira.
A shot to the liver by Oliveira. Beautiful body shot.
Oliveira blocks a jab.
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Fisher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira dodges the punch combination from Fisher.
Oliveira works Fisher's body with a nice hook.
Oliveira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliveira dips to his left and cracks Fisher with an uppercut!
Oliveira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fisher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fisher is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oliveira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fisher on the side of the head.
Fisher misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into Fisher's ribs.
Fisher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Oliveira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fisher under the eye.
Fisher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fisher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira misses with a straight right.
Oliveira cracks Fisher with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fisher's sensitive parts.
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but Fisher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wendell Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Oliveira.
Oliveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Fisher ducks under and follows up with a left that Fisher also avoids with ease.
Fisher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Oliveira pinned against the cage. Oliveira gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fisher paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Horrible takedown by Fisher or perhaps it was just good defense by Oliveira which made him look bad.
Oliveira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Fisher or perhaps it was just good defense by Oliveira which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher slips under a jab.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Fisher misses with the combination.
Oliveira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fisher slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Wendell Oliveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliveira misses with a hook. Fisher ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fisher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jerome Fisher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fisher throws a jab but it's blocked by Oliveira.
Fisher dives in and grabs Oliveira's left leg, looking for a takedown. Oliveira pushes down on Fisher's head and hops out.
Oliveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fisher slips a jab and a cross from Oliveira.
Fisher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fisher throws out the jab.
Oliveira feints a jab promting Fisher to slip. Oliveira then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fisher slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fisher is trying hard to land a takedown here. Oliveira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliveira cracks Fisher with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fisher closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oliveira circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands with an uppercut that bounces Fisher off the cage and back into range.
Fisher scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Fisher misses.
Wendell Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fisher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Oliveira has eaten all the pies!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fisher. Oliveira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Fisher is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.
Fisher misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Oliveira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tests Fisher's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oliveira lands a lovely overhand right.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fisher misses with an uppercut.
Fisher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fisher looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Fisher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Fisher. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Oliveira avoids the body shot from Fisher.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fisher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliveira.
Oliveira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a hook.
Fisher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oliveira moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fisher moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fisher circles away quickly and effectively.

Fisher gets a takedown into half guard.
Oliveira wants to improve his position but Fisher is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fisher scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fisher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Oliveira's head.

Oliveira makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Oliveira.

Fisher looking to score a takedown here. Oliveira is defending well but Fisher drives through and ends up in Oliveira's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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 wants to stand and escape but Fisher is having none of it.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira is trying to control the position but Fisher postures up.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
Fisher is really struggling to control Oliveira but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fisher stops Oliveira from standing up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jerome Fisher has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Fisher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Fisher tries to move into range but Oliveira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wendell Oliveira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Fisher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fisher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fisher there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fisher takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fisher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oliveira lands an overhand right.
Fisher misses the shot to the body.
Fisher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
A telegraphed right hand from Oliveira misses the target.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fisher.
Fisher missing with a left hand there. Oliveira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fisher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fisher moves away.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a low kick.
Fisher scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Fisher shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fisher was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher raining down shots from the mount!
Fisher avoids the attempt from Oliveira to control.
Fisher landing strikes from the mount.
Oliveira wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Oliveira can't escape the position.
Oliveira is squirming around, avoiding Fisher's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fisher working Oliveira over with strikes here.
Jerome Fisher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to hold on but Fisher pushes him away.
Fisher lands a heavy elbow.
Wendell Oliveira is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Oliveira can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fisher lands a nice shot to the head.
Fisher content just to control the position here.
Oliveira is trying to escape the mount.
Oliveira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fisher tries to control but Oliveira wriggling away.
Fisher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fisher with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to lock up and control but Fisher gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oliveira trying desperately to get to his feet.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fisher scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Oliveira?
Fisher trying to control but Oliveira is having none of it.
Fisher landing strikes from the mount and Oliveira is in trouble!
Fisher trying to control but Oliveira is having none of it.
Fisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fisher working the ground and pound effectively.
Fisher can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oliveira is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira wants to control but Fisher is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Fisher.
Oliveira is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Oliveira is trying desperately to improve position.
Fisher with the ground and pound from mount.
Jerome Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Oliveira is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Fisher.
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Fisher finish him?
Fisher landing strikes from the mount and Oliveira is in trouble!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Fisher showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wendell Oliveira!
Wendell Oliveira really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that ANABOLIC **160** logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.