PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burt Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burt Howard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Howard
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Heisenberg

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Burt Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oliveira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Howard. That did some damage!

Oliveira drives through and clinches with Howard against the cage.
Howard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Oliveira gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Howard.
Howard is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Burt Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira landing knees to the head.

It looks like Burt Howard has been cut.
Oliveira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Howard is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
Oliveira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oliveira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Howard's defenses.

Burt Howard's cut is getting worse.
Oliveira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Oliveira scores with a knee to the head.
Oliveira told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Howard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Howard takes an elbow to the temple.

Burt Howard's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Howard in his tracks for a moment.
Oliveira utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oliveira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Howard's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Burt Howard's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Howard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Howard takes a knee right on the jaw!

Howard is rocked!
Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Howard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Burt Howard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Renato Oliveira!
Renato Oliveira decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.