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Event:
RapidFC 8
Date: Jan 05, 2019 |
#R1#
Swango throws a hook to the side of Oliveira's head but Oliveira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliveira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Swango blocks a head kick by Oliveira.
Swango jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Swango uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oliveira.
A jab from Swango misses.
Oliveira thows a body kick. Swango tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Oliveira definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Michael Swango seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Swango. That did some damage!
Oliveira takes one on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Swango.
Swango throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swango takes a kick to the side of the head.
Swango looks to land a left hand but Oliveira moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Swango misses.
Oliveira is looking to counter with head kicks.#T1#
Swango moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oliveira moves out of range as Swango strikes.
Oliveira throws a lazy uppercut
and Swango counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Oliveira staying out of range there.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Swango throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swango looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.
Swango misses with a double jab
and Oliveira makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swango really felt that one!
Swango darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. #T2#
A head kick by Oliveira misses
and Swango counters with a nice body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oliveira.
Swango misses with a combination
and Oliveira counters with a low kick, right behind Swango 's knee.
Oliveira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Swango. That did some damage!
Swango scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Swango scores with a four punch combination!
Oliveira is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Swango.
Oliveira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Swango. That did some damage!
Swango throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oliveira blocks a jab.
Swango misses with a right hand
and Oliveira counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. #T3#
Swango swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swango misses with a few strikes there.
Oliveira throws a hook but Swango avoids it easily.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oliveira.
Oliveira motions for Swango to come forward. Oliveira throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Swango throws an overhand right that lands on Oliveira's shoulder, as Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
Swango jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliveira lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Oliveira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swango throws an overhand right that lands on Oliveira's shoulder, as Oliveira tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Swango.
Oliveira walks into a left hand. #T4#
Oliveira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swango lands with an uppercut that bounces Oliveira off the cage and back into range.
Swango defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Swango steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
Swango might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliveira appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Michael Swango is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Swango throws a right and a left that both miss.
Swango throws a right hand that Oliveira ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliveira also avoids with ease.#KD2#
Oooooh!!! Swango has knocked Oliveira down with a huge combo! Swango steps away and waves a wobbly Oliveira back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#
Oliveira is rocked!#CUT2#
It looks like Anderson Oliveira has been cut.
Swango misses with a wild combination.
Oh Oliveira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swango drops Oliveira with a straight right hand, right on the button! Swango follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Swango!
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Event:
RapidFC 7
Date: Dec 22, 2018 |
#R1#
Malina on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oliveira. Oliveira obviously looking to wear him down.
Oliveira cracks the inside of Malina's front leg.
Malina dives in and grabs Oliveira's left leg, looking for a takedown. Oliveira pushes down on Malina's head and hops out.
Malina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Oliveira. Malina shrugs it off though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oliveira lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oliveira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malina is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Oliveira lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oliveira throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira scores with a jab to the head.
#CUT#
It looks like Anton Malina has been cut.#CL2#
Malina closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malina wants a takedown but no success here.
Malina looks winded!#T1#
Malina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira blocks an elbow strike.
Oliveira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Malina letting Oliveira take a breather here.#TD#
Oliveira gets control of Malina's arms and successfully pulls guard. Oliveira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Malina can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oliveira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#SUB#
Oliveira looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T2#
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malina accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliveira keeping full guard, as Malina tries to pass. #SUB#
Malina is posturing up here but Oliveira has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Malina tries to roll out but it's too tight and Malina has to tap! Slick submission there by Oliveira!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Oliveira!
Anderson Oliveira thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
TWGC 23 (185lbs, D4): Rio de Janeiro Qu - R2
Date: Dec 09, 2018 |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Baristen Selmy (ranked 3310 p4p, 402 weight class) and Anderson Oliveira (ranked 5774 p4p, 493 weight class). Baristen Selmy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Baristen Selmy! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Anderson Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Selmy misses with a takedown attempt - Oliveira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oliveira bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Selmy (0) vs (4) Oliveira
Selmy 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 thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Selmy tries to bench press Oliveira off him but Oliveira keeps the position.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but Selmy denies him.
Selmy is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Selmy is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Oliveira off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Selmy (4) vs (4) Oliveira
Selmy seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Oliveira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Selmy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Selmy is cranking Oliveira's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Oliveira! He's tightened the choke and Oliveira is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Baristen Selmy! |
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Event:
TWGC 23 (185lbs, D4): Rio de Janeiro Qu - Round 1
Date: Dec 08, 2018 |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Anderson Oliveira (ranked 5721 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Dakuta (ranked 6053 p4p, 504 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Roy Dakuta was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Anderson Oliveira! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Roy Dakuta!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Dakuta clinches with his opponent.
Dakuta jumps guard and drags Oliveira to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oliveira is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira pushing down on Dakuta's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dakuta is trying to control but can't.
Oliveira is keen to just control but Dakuta is a slippery customer.
Dakuta keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is keen to just control but Dakuta is a slippery customer.
Oliveira is looking to stall here but Dakuta recovers full guard.
Oliveira trying to control but Dakuta is working from the bottom.
Oliveira passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Oliveira (3) vs (0) Dakuta
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dakuta's legs.
Dakuta is looking for a sweep.
Dakuta prevents Oliveira from improving position.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dakuta has escaped the position, nice work there.
What's Dakuta going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Dakuta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oliveira wants to take a breather but Dakuta manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Oliveira.
Oliveira is fighting to break Dakuta's control of his arms but Dakuta is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dakuta is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Dakuta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dakuta looking for a sweep. Not yet Dakuta, not yet.
Oliveira passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira tries to pass to full mount but Dakuta defends it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dakuta desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Oliveira is trying to control. Dakuta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Oliveira not doing much here.
Dakuta is trying to get back to full guard.
Oliveira wants to pass to mount but Dakuta is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dakuta trying to control but Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira trying to control the pace.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dakuta gets back to full guard.
Dakuta keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Dakuta pulls Oliveira in to control the position.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA Hilo inform us that Dakuta has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Dakuta keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Dakuta managing to control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Oliveira (6) vs (0) Dakuta
Oliveira moves into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Oliveira (8) vs (0) Dakuta
Dakuta working to try and regain half guard.
Dakuta prevents any damage by holding on tight.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking to control but Dakuta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oliveira goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dakuta turns into him and now he's in Oliveira's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Oliveira (8) vs (2) Dakuta
Oliveira controlling Dakuta's posture.
Oliveira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oliveira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dakuta is one step ahead there.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to keep a closed guard but Dakuta is proving a slippery customer.
Dakuta drops back, looking for a kneebar! Oliveira looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Oliveira looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Oliveira! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Oliveira (12) vs (2) Dakuta
Oliveira trying to control the action but Dakuta is working from the bottom.
Oliveira taking a break here but Dakuta is having none of it and regains half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dakuta has managed to free his arm - good work.
Oliveira trying to advance position but Dakuta counters by regaining guard.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Dakuta is retaining full guard.
Dakuta is pulling down on Oliveira's head. It's preventing any offense from Oliveira, at least for the moment.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Dakuta is keeping the position.
Oliveira trying to control but Dakuta is working from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Dakuta has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Oliveira looking to pass the guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Dakuta keeps moving.
Dakuta trying to control the position.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dakuta controlling Oliveira's posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oliveira sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oliveira takes the fight on points by 12 to 2.
Our winner, Anderson Oliveira, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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