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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mitchell Joseph!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira darts in and clinches Joseph up against the cage.
Joseph is trying to maintain a safe position but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns Joseph into the cage.
Oliveira digs a right hand into Joseph's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joseph's gas tank.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Oliveira has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Joseph up against the cage.
A short left from Joseph.
Oliveira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph looking to stall.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Oliveira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oliveira scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Oliveira - that landed with a thud.
Joseph is breathing heavily.
Oliveira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joseph misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Oliveira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Oliveira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body.
Oliveira drops Joseph onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Joseph is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Joseph is rocked!
It looks like Mitchell Joseph has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a left hand.
Oh Joseph is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oliveira lands a right hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Nice body punch from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joseph tumbles to the floor! Oliveira threw a big shot that dropped him and now Oliveira is on top looking to finish! Joseph has guard but can he survive?!
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliveira sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joseph seems to have got his legs back now.
Joseph avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oliveira landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliveira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oliveira looking to sit in guard and control but Joseph gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Oliveira controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph trying to stand up but can't free himself from Oliveira's guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Joseph.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses.
Oliveira drops Joseph with a beautiful combination! Joseph stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Oliveira is looking for the KO!
Joseph misses with a body kick.
A shot to de liver by Oliveira. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira drives through with a powerful takedown. That's hurt Joseph!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oliveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oliveira landing some decent shots from guard.
Oliveira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oliveira cracks Joseph with a solid left hand.
Oliveira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Joseph swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Joseph blocks nicely.
Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oliveira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Joseph wants to get back to his feet but Oliveira is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitchell Joseph's cut.
That's time! Joseph's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Oliveira looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Joseph closes the distance and clinches up with Oliveira, looking for a takedown. Joseph pushes Oliveira against the cage but Oliveira circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Oliveira closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Oliveira lands some shots froms side control.
Oliveira landing a few strikes.
Joseph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Oliveira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oliveira misses with the ground and pound.
Joseph is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
Joseph wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oliveira with the ground and pound but Joseph regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Joseph keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oliveira tries to pass to full mount but Joseph defends it.
Joseph controlling the position well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Joseph has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oliveira is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working Joseph over with strikes.
Joseph avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.
Oliveira working the head and body with strikes.
Joseph is pressing down on Oliveira's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Oliveira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joseph works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oliveira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oliveira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joseph works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joseph pushes Oliveira off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliveira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Joseph throws a hook but Oliveira blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira fails with the takedown.
Joseph tries for a takedown but Oliveira circles away easily
and Oliveira counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitchell Joseph. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Joseph blocks nicely.
Joseph working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliveira.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oliveira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Oliveira pushes down on Joseph's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Oliveira is pressing down on Joseph's thigh, looking to free his foot. Joseph is holding on for now.
Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joseph taking some punishment here, with Oliveira in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oliveira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Joseph is looking to escape.
Oliveira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Joseph keeps working.
Oliveira prevents Joseph from standing back up.
Joseph trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Joseph tried to score with a low kick but Oliveira checks it.
Mitchell Joseph is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mitchell Joseph's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Oliveira stuns Joseph with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oliveira looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Joseph!
Oliveira misses with a head shot.
A nice elbow there by Oliveira.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliveira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Joseph is wriggling around trying to escape.
Joseph is squirming around, avoiding Oliveira's attempts to control the action.
Oliveira throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Oliveira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Joseph manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is refusing to be controlled, as Oliveira sits in half guard.
Oliveira trying to mount his opponent but Joseph defends it.
Oliveira is trying to control the action in half guard but Joseph is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Oliveira thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Joseph to regain full guard.
Oliveira throws a big right hand that misses.
Joseph avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oliveira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joseph controls Oliveira momentarily but Oliveira frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Joseph is pulling down on Oliveira's head. It's preventing any offense from Oliveira, at least for the moment.
Joseph looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Oliveira trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph wants to stand up but Oliveira is controlling him.
Oliveira postures up in Joseph's guard and throws a big left but Joseph blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Oliveira clinches with his opponent.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Oliveira fails to land the takedown.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Joseph!
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira rushes Joseph and presses him up against the cage.
Joseph is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliveira is keeping busy.
Oliveira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joseph is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Oliveira works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Oliveira - that landed with a thud.
Oliveira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira pushes Joseph back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Oliveira lands a right hand.
Oliveira lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira stalls.
Fabio Oliveira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oliveira digs a right hand into Joseph's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joseph's gas tank.
Oliveira lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oliveira.
Oliveira controlling the action here for a moment.
Joseph trying to stall but Oliveira improves his position.
Oliveira scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oliveira is leaning against Joseph and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joseph letting Oliveira take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitchell Joseph's cut.
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.
Joseph throws the left hand but Oliveira avoids the punch easily.
Oliveira tests Joseph's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oliveira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Joseph missing with a left hand there. Oliveira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oliveira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Oliveira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oliveira is stalling here.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Oliveira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oliveira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Oliveira slows down the pace here.
Oliveira works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliveira.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Oliveira.
An inside leg kick from Joseph misses.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira clinches up against the cage.
Oliveira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oliveira blocking some punches.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Oliveira - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Oliveira lands with a light punch inside.
Oliveira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oliveira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oliveira lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands with a left to the head.
Joseph using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira slowing the pace effectively.
Oliveira lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Oliveira scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oliveira lands a body shot.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Oliveira.
Oliveira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Oliveira.
The referee calls for Oliveira to work.
Oliveira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joseph's efforts to push away.
Oliveira presses Joseph against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oliveira lands a nice shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oliveira pushes Joseph back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Oliveira on the inside.
Oliveira has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oliveira is leaning against Joseph and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joseph is trying to break free.
Oliveira lands with a right to the head.
Oliveira is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Joseph throws knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Oliveira.
Joseph being controlled against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Joseph's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oliveira stalls.
Joseph escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Joseph sprawls well. Joseph wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Joseph does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Joseph to the mat! Joseph manages to get full guard.
Oliveira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Joseph wants to sweep but no luck.
Fabio Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Joseph working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliveira.
Oliveira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oliveira throwing strikes from guard but Joseph blocks nicely.
Joseph wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Oliveira dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Mitchell Joseph's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Joseph goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oliveira checks the leg kick.
Mitchell Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Oliveira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Joseph's half guard.
Joseph avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Joseph blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Joseph has one foot on Oliveira's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Oliveira 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 fails with the takedown
and Joseph counters with a single leg into guard. Oliveira didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Oliveira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joseph shoots in and drives through. Oliveira sprawls well.
Oliveira clinches up with Joseph and pushes him back against the cage.
Oliveira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Joseph up against the cage.
Joseph stalling in the clinch but Oliveira improves position.
Oliveira taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph.
Joseph letting Oliveira take a breather here.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Joseph is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Oliveira.
Oliveira lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Joseph throws the left hand but Oliveira avoids the punch easily.
Joseph lands an overhand right.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Oliveira.
Mitchell Joseph has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Oliveira.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joseph changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Oliveira tries to avoid it but Joseph manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Oliveira to the ground. Oliveira escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Joseph tries to keep at a distance but Oliveira has taken the fight into the clinch.
Joseph can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Oliveira - that landed with a thud.
Oliveira works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Joseph seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Oliveira is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Oliveira keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira stalling against the cage.
Oliveira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joseph.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira lands a shot to the body.
Oliveira is stalling here.
Oliveira lands a right hand.
The referee calls for Oliveira to work.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike from Joseph.
Oliveira gets through Joseph's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Oliveira.
A right hook to the body lands for Oliveira.
A short left from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oliveira lands with a left to the head.
Oliveira leaning his opponent against the cage.
Oliveira lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira digs a right hand underneath Joseph's ribcage. Joseph let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Joseph wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Joseph pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mitchell Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oliveira lands a left hand.
Oliveira cracks Joseph with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira has Joseph pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oliveira.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Stalling in the clinch from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hand to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira controlling the action here for a moment.
Oliveira dodges an elbow strike from Joseph.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oliveira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 43:50
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 43:50
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 43:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabio Oliveira!
Fabio Oliveira is the new light heavyweight champion!
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