PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Howard is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Howard
vs
Oliveira

178 cm
35
200 lbs
22 - 18 - 1

187 cm
34
200 lbs
18 - 4 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard throws a good cross that connects.
Oliveira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Howard tries to avoid it but Oliveira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Howard to the ground. Howard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donk. Howard catches Oliveira right on the button with a cross.
Oliveira shoots for a takedown but Howard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oliveira jabs at Howard's body.
Howard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oliveira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimundo Oliveira.
A decent looking cross lands there for Howard.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Howard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Howard ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Howard tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but Howard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
John Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira throws a nice looking combination but Howard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Oliveira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliveira moves out of range of the strikes.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Howard misses with a body shot

and Oliveira counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Oliveira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Oliveira are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Howard struggling a bit here.
Oliveira advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Oliveira throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oliveira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Howard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oliveira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oliveira throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Oliveira throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound but Howard is blocking nicely.
Oliveira throwing strikes here but Howard is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Howard is in a horrible position here. Oliveira smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oliveira throwing strikes here but Howard is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Howard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Howard tries to get out of the position.
Oliveira throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Howard because Oliveira loaded up on that one.
Howard blocking the ground and pound.
Oliveira landing punches.
Howard avoids a strike by Oliveira and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Oliveira's guard! Fantastic escape!

Oliveira pushes Howard off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira's corner calls for a 1-2. Oliveira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Howard as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliveira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Howard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Howard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Oliveira swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Howard.
Howard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Howard.
A big right from Howard misses.
Howard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Howard.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oliveira misses with a few strikes there.
Oliveira lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Oliveira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Howard takes a swing at Oliveira's ribcage but misses.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howard.
Howard misses with a looping right.
Oliveira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Howard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
John Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Oliveira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Howard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oliveira scores with a jab.
No joy there for Howard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Howard.
Oliveira fails with the takedown.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimundo Oliveira.
Oliveira defending well as Howard loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Howard misses.
Oliveira has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Howard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Oliveira counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut
letting Howard counter with a right hand.

Howard has Oliveira up against the ropes in a clinch.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Howard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Howard misses with a wild body shot.
Howard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice cross by Howard.
A lazy left from Oliveira finds it's target.
Oliveira misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira walks into a jab.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that Howard avoids nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard misses with a lunging right hand
and Oliveira counters with a straight right hand.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Howard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oliveira.
Howard throws a hook to the side of Oliveira's head but Oliveira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Howard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Howard wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howard just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Howard dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.

Oliveira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Howard looks to land a combination but Oliveira avoids it well.
Howard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliveira was well out of range. Poor timing from Howard.

Howard takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Oliveira on the inside.
Oliveira tries to stall but Howard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oliveira misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Howard.
Oliveira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Howard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Howard.
Oliveira blocks a body shot from Howard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Howard stalling in the clinch.
Howard is trying to maintain a safe position but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns Howard into the ropes.
Howard tries to throw a body punch but Oliveira avoids it by throwing Howard back against the ropes.
Oliveira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oliveira wants a takedown but no success here.

Howard breaks from the clinch.

Howard moves into range and clinches up with Oliveira.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Oliveira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oliveira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oliveira as Howard tries to tie him up.
Oliveira lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Howard leaning his opponent against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oliveira goes for a takedown in the clinch but Howard prevents it.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raimundo Oliveira.
Howard tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Howard up against the ropes.
Oliveira goes for a takedown in the clinch but Howard prevents it.
Oliveira trying to stall but Howard improves his position.
Oliveira lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howard working aggressively here.
Howard misses with some punches.
Oliveira tries to break free but Howard pushes him back against the ropes.
Howard effectively controlling the action here.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.
Oliveira can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
Howard tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Howard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliveira takes one to the chin there.
Howard misses with a hook. Oliveira ducked under it nicely.

Oliveira drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but Howard is defending the strikes.
Raimundo Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oliveira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Howard is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Howard parries the strikes from Oliveira easily there. Oliveira is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Howard to escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oliveira throws a strike aimed at the side of Howard's head but Howard avoids it well.
Oliveira cracks Howard with a big right hand but Howard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Howard defending against the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
You can see the frustration on Howard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Raimundo Oliveira.
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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!