PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Fachellie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francesco Fachellie had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Fachellie
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

181 cm
31
184 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francesco Fachellie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira tries for a takedown but Fachellie circles away easily
and Fachellie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick from Fachellie.
Oliveira lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fachellie backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Francesco Fachellie has been cut.

Fachellie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Fachellie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oliveira with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fachellie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fachellie wants to control but Oliveira is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira wants to get back to full guard.
Oliveira wants to get back to full guard but Fachellie has passed into side control.
Fachellie connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Oliveira some visible discomfort.
Oliveira throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Oliveira is looking for a sweep.
Fachellie landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fachellie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Check out the look on Fachellie's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fachellie definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fachellie lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fachellie taking a breather here.
Oliveira throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Oliveira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fachellie controls the position.
Oliveira tries to buck Fachellie off but Fachellie is having none of it.
Fachellie is looking to take a break and control but Oliveira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fachellie avoids the strikes from the bottom by Oliveira.
Fachellie lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fachellie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fachellie is looking to take a break and control but Oliveira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oliveira taking a bit of punishment here - Fachellie scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to control but Fachellie postures up.
Fachellie connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Oliveira some visible discomfort.
Oliveira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fachellie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oliveira takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Oliveira takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Oliveira is rocked!
Fachellie has control of an arm but Oliveira manages to advance to Fachellie's back!
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Fachellie finish him?
Fachellie is trying to break free.
Oliveira connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Fachellie to escape the position.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Fachellie rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Fachellie is pressing down on Oliveira's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fachellie controlling the position.
Fachellie's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
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 strikes from guard but Fachellie blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fachellie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oliveira throws a strike but Fachellie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Oliveira throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fachellie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oliveira throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Oliveira trying to strike off his back.
Fachellie chips away with some ground and pound.
Fachellie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fachellie landing some decent shots from guard.
Oliveira punching to the body, from the bottom.
Fachellie trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Oliveira throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fachellie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fachellie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliveira throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Fachellie from controlling successfully.
Oliveira trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Oliveira trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fachellie stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fachellie passes into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fachellie seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Fachellie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francesco Fachellie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Francesco Fachellie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt
and Fachellie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fachellie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fachellie with a nice cross.

Fachellie instigates a clinch.
Oliveira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oliveira jumps guard but Fachellie turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Oliveira jumps guard but Fachellie turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Francesco Fachellie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luiz Oliveira.
Fachellie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oliveira is looking for a takedown.
A short uppercut from Fachellie.
Fachellie lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
Fachellie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oliveiras head.
Fachellie gets underhooks to prevent Oliveira's takedown attempt.
Fachellie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oliveira avoids it.
Nice elbow from Fachellie.
Fachellie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fachellie.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to work over Fachellie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fachellie lands an elbow that stopped Oliveira in his tracks for a moment.
Oliveira is working for takedown but Fachellie is calmly controlling the position for now.
A shot in the inside from Fachellie.
Fachellie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oliveira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fachellie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oliveira's defenses.
Fachellie pushes Oliveira against the ropes. Fachellie is working some dirty boxing. Fachellie pushes off with a quick right hook! Oliveira goes down! Oliveira tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Fachellie moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francesco Fachellie!