PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes into the arena with Eddie Bravo SMOKE SERPENT "Jiu Jitsu" feat. Rakaa blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Oliveira
vs
Matos

185 cm
27
190 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Matos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira misses with a few strikes there.
Matos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Oliveira counters with a nice uppercut.
Matos slaps away a takedown attempt from Oliveira, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oliveira shoots in and drives through. Matos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oliveira.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Oliveira defending well as Matos loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Oliveira is defended easily by Matos.
Matos loads up on a big right hand but Oliveira slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Matos misses.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Matos sprawls well. Matos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Oliveira gets slowly back to his feet.
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but Matos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matos scores with the left hand. Oliveira knows he should have avoided that one.
Matos throws a jab when Oliveira was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Matos as he connects with a hook.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Matos.
Matos misses with a right hand
and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand.
Matos thuds his right hand into Oliveira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Oliveira is rocked!

It looks like Paulo Oliveira has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Matos scores with a counter punch that sends Oliveira to the canvas! Matos smells blood - he's punishing Oliveira with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Oliveira has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitor Matos!