PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yaga Shura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shura comes to the cage accompanied by Marching Mountains Theme. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Shura
vs
Oliveira

206 cm
22
277 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
280 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yaga Shura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shura misses with a low kick as Oliveira jumps back.
Oliveira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shura is out of range.
Shura doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira lands with a nice body punch.
Shura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into Shura's ribs.
Oliveira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shura looks to land a body kick but Oliveira moved away.
Shura throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy body kick from Shura

and Oliveira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Shura's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oliveira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oliveira trying to control but Shura is working from the bottom.
Oliveira preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shura not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oliveira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shura wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Shura is keeping the position.
Shura 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 passes Shura's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Oliveira wants to pass to mount but Shura is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Shura is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago Oliveira!
An out of breath Thiago Oliveira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.