PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Oliveira
vs
Thomas

181 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hudson Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
Thomas throws a head kick that Oliveira semi-blocks.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Oliveira.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Oliveira closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Thomas quickly recovers to half guard.
Oliveira controlling the pace.
Oliveira has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oliveira scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is in trouble now - Oliveira has advanced to mount!
Oliveira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oliveira dominating with strikes here.
Oliveira controlling the position easily from mount.
Oliveira 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.
Thomas is in a horrible position here. Oliveira smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Thomas?
Oliveira moves to take his opponent's back.

Oliveira has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Thomas is in real trouble here. Oliveira gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Thomas is tapping out! Oliveira wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hudson Oliveira!