Oliveira Takes PFC Title from Freitag
Jeff Sherwood Mar 21, 2008
LEMOORE, Calif., March 20 -- In a title bout that did not make much
sense, Jorge Oliveira
(Pictures) stepped up to the plate
Thursday at the Palace Fighting Championship and hit one out of the
park.
Having been stopped by Glover Teixeira (Pictures) in January, Oliveira's shot at the PFC light heavyweight just two months later seemed surprising. With the fight behind him, however, Oliveira became the proud owner of a shiny new belt following his decision win over Jeremy Freitag (Pictures).
Freitag, making his first title defense, was rocked after a brief
feeling-out period. He got his wits back in the clinch, but was
never as active as cornerman Urijah Faber (Pictures) wanted him to be.
Oliveira won the striking game, and even appeared in range of stopping Freitag if he would have followed up at times. Instead the Brazilian-born fighter opted to step back, and Freitag used the clinch to hang in there.
In the co-main event, Teixeira once again showed why he is rumored to be on the way to the UFC.
He easily stopped the always-tough Buckley Acosta (Pictures) one minute into the fight. Teixeira just overwhelmed Acosta for the TKO via strikes. Word is Teixeira is working on his visa, and he is expected to move on as soon as his paperwork is finalized -- which is a sensible explanation for not having him fight for the PFC title.
The featherweight elimination bout was definitely the fight of the night. Jorge Evangelista (Pictures) squeaked out the split decision to get the win over Enoch Wilson (Pictures).
Sherdog.com thought Wilson had done enough to pull the win out with his striking and submission attempts. As the crowd booed Evangelista, Wilson told them to stop in a show of good sportsmanship. Evangelista was noticeably limping from the effects of Wilson cranking on his ankle as the fight ended.
In the middleweight elimination bout, cool and calm Phil "The Pain" Collins submitted Mike Martinez, the replacement for Justin Levens (Pictures), with a heelhook 1:16 into round one.
The awaited debut of Ulysses Gomez has now come and gone, lasting a mere 41 seconds. He walked over to Greg McDowell, picked him up, slammed him, took his back and got the choke.
In an action-packed middleweight fight between local Jimmy Dexter (Pictures) and Jeremiah Metcalf (Pictures), it seemed as if Dexter spent most of the bout getting out of bad situations. Metcalf eventually tapped Dexter to a rear-naked choke at 1:47 of round two.
In the first bout on the Comcast network, David Mitchell (Pictures) and Daniel Pinedo (Pictures) fought at an incredible pace, with Mitchell getting the rear-naked choke at 2:07 of round one.
The fight between Carlton Jones (Pictures) and Rafael Real (Pictures) was a prime example of why two friends should probably not fight each other. Both have thrown down in past bouts, but their fight Thursday was far from that.
Both clinched and danced more than they punched. Real took the split decision at the end of the three rounds. One judge inexplicably scored the fight 29-28 for Jones.
Bryan Travers (Pictures) went from being in one of the top fights on the card when he was going to battle Richie Hightower (Pictures) to the fourth fight of the night and not even getting on TV. Joel Crawford (Pictures) stepped up to replace Hightower on less than 24 hour's notice and probably wishes he had stayed home. The talented Travers used about every part of his game to dominate the late replacement and get the victory with a kimura at the 2:50 mark of round one.
Charles Hodges (Pictures) took on boxing champ Manuel Quezada in a bout with special rules that stated if the fight went to the ground, the fighters would be restarted on the feet. Hodges came in with experience in special rules fights after battling Butterbean, but Quezada stopped him with a huge right straight followed by a left hook that knocked Hodges to the mat face first.
Quezada seemed to have Hodges overmatched in all aspects of the game.
In the second bout of the night, Danny Castillo (Pictures) forced Andy Salazar (Pictures) to tap out due to strikes at 1:02 of round one.
Brandon Jinnies (Pictures) and Robert Breslin (Pictures) started the night off, with Jinnies getting the unanimous decision in a pretty one-sided fight.
Having been stopped by Glover Teixeira (Pictures) in January, Oliveira's shot at the PFC light heavyweight just two months later seemed surprising. With the fight behind him, however, Oliveira became the proud owner of a shiny new belt following his decision win over Jeremy Freitag (Pictures).
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Oliveira won the striking game, and even appeared in range of stopping Freitag if he would have followed up at times. Instead the Brazilian-born fighter opted to step back, and Freitag used the clinch to hang in there.
In the end, Oliveira won a unanimous decision, but Freitag proved
he has a chin and a big heart to go the distance.
In the co-main event, Teixeira once again showed why he is rumored to be on the way to the UFC.
He easily stopped the always-tough Buckley Acosta (Pictures) one minute into the fight. Teixeira just overwhelmed Acosta for the TKO via strikes. Word is Teixeira is working on his visa, and he is expected to move on as soon as his paperwork is finalized -- which is a sensible explanation for not having him fight for the PFC title.
The featherweight elimination bout was definitely the fight of the night. Jorge Evangelista (Pictures) squeaked out the split decision to get the win over Enoch Wilson (Pictures).
Sherdog.com thought Wilson had done enough to pull the win out with his striking and submission attempts. As the crowd booed Evangelista, Wilson told them to stop in a show of good sportsmanship. Evangelista was noticeably limping from the effects of Wilson cranking on his ankle as the fight ended.
In the middleweight elimination bout, cool and calm Phil "The Pain" Collins submitted Mike Martinez, the replacement for Justin Levens (Pictures), with a heelhook 1:16 into round one.
The awaited debut of Ulysses Gomez has now come and gone, lasting a mere 41 seconds. He walked over to Greg McDowell, picked him up, slammed him, took his back and got the choke.
In an action-packed middleweight fight between local Jimmy Dexter (Pictures) and Jeremiah Metcalf (Pictures), it seemed as if Dexter spent most of the bout getting out of bad situations. Metcalf eventually tapped Dexter to a rear-naked choke at 1:47 of round two.
In the first bout on the Comcast network, David Mitchell (Pictures) and Daniel Pinedo (Pictures) fought at an incredible pace, with Mitchell getting the rear-naked choke at 2:07 of round one.
The fight between Carlton Jones (Pictures) and Rafael Real (Pictures) was a prime example of why two friends should probably not fight each other. Both have thrown down in past bouts, but their fight Thursday was far from that.
Both clinched and danced more than they punched. Real took the split decision at the end of the three rounds. One judge inexplicably scored the fight 29-28 for Jones.
Bryan Travers (Pictures) went from being in one of the top fights on the card when he was going to battle Richie Hightower (Pictures) to the fourth fight of the night and not even getting on TV. Joel Crawford (Pictures) stepped up to replace Hightower on less than 24 hour's notice and probably wishes he had stayed home. The talented Travers used about every part of his game to dominate the late replacement and get the victory with a kimura at the 2:50 mark of round one.
Charles Hodges (Pictures) took on boxing champ Manuel Quezada in a bout with special rules that stated if the fight went to the ground, the fighters would be restarted on the feet. Hodges came in with experience in special rules fights after battling Butterbean, but Quezada stopped him with a huge right straight followed by a left hook that knocked Hodges to the mat face first.
Quezada seemed to have Hodges overmatched in all aspects of the game.
In the second bout of the night, Danny Castillo (Pictures) forced Andy Salazar (Pictures) to tap out due to strikes at 1:02 of round one.
Brandon Jinnies (Pictures) and Robert Breslin (Pictures) started the night off, with Jinnies getting the unanimous decision in a pretty one-sided fight.
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