PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atsushi Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Smoke Serpent - Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Atsushi Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de Oliveira
vs
Gracie

201 cm
31
282 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

198 cm
28
278 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Solid chin

Cynical Truth Vegas

Conviction
Meet the Future

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luciano de Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atsushi Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
de Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. de Oliveira defends it nicely.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from de Oliveira.
Gracie throws a body punch but de Oliveira moves out of range.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for de Oliveira.
de Oliveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
de Oliveira pushes Gracie away with a front kick.
Gracie looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

de Oliveira lands a big head kick that sends Gracie tumbling to the mat! de Oliveira takes a step backwards and waves Gracie back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Atsushi Gracie has been cut.
Gracie misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Oliveira tries a head kick but it misses.
de Oliveira misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on de Oliveira's shoulder, as de Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie throws a body kick that misses
and as Gracie loses concentration momentarily, de Oliveira counters with a picture perfect head kick! Gracie goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Luciano de Oliveira!
An out of breath Luciano de Oliveira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.