PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Lochlan (ranked 4376 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Almeida (ranked 5832 p4p, 0 weight class). Lochlan comes to the cage accompanied by STAR WARS (Trap Remix) Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme). Marcus Almeida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lochlan
vs
Almeida

199 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
26
260 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Lochlan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almeida closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Almeida is pressing down on Lochlan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lochlan is holding on for now.
Almeida sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lochlan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Almeida.
Still in half guard, Almeida seems content to control.
Lochlan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lochlan is trying to stand up here but Almeida is controlling him well.
Almeida sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lochlan defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Almeida is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lochlan sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lochlan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Almeida in particular looking to stall.
Lochlan pushes Almeida off looking to stand but Almeida dives back in and keeps control.
Almeida working over Lochlan with some ground and pound. Lochlan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Almeida seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lochlan is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Almeida is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Almeida ducks right into an uppercut from Lochlan.
Lochlan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Almeida should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lochlan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lochlan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Almeida counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lochlan wants to stand back up but Almeida manages to pass into side control.
Lochlan is breathing heavily.
Almeida lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Almeida taking a breather here.

Almeida stands up and beckons Lochlan to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lochlan punishes Almeida's body with a nice straight punch.
Lochlan misses with a two punch combination.
Almeida drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lochlan defends it well.

Almeida closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lochlan's guard.
Almeida stands and throws Lochlan's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Almeida thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lochlan is letting Almeida control him for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Almeida tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Almeida has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
A lull in the action here as Almeida stalls from top position.
Let's hope that Almeida has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Almeida landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Almeida dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lochlan misses with a two punch combination.
Lochlan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida checks a low kick from Lochlan.
Lochlan throws a one two combo.
Almeida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Almeida fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lochlan sprawls well initially but Almeida persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Almeida is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Almeida there.
Almeida thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lochlan's head.
Almeida is taking a breather. Lochlan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Almeida stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Lochlan to get to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Almeida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Almeida decides to stand up.
Nice shot by Lochlan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almeida drives through with a takedown into Lochlan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Marcus Almeida has got the better of the ground game so far.

Almeida gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Almeida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lochlan.

Almeida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida controlling the action here.
Almeida working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Almeida keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Almeida working the head and body with strikes.
Almeida is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Almeida works his way into side control.
Almeida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Almeida controlling the position from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Almeida stands up.
Lochlan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Almeida wants to counter with a clinch but Lochlan pushes him away.
Lochlan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Almeida was well out of range. Poor timing from Lochlan.
Xavier Lochlan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Almeida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Almeida is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lochlan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Almeida on the ground.
Almeida passes the guard and advances to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Almeida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Almeida drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almeida sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lochlan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Almeida.
Lochlan wants to get back to his feet but Almeida is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida sitting in guard here, content to control.
Almeida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Almeida postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Almeida controlling from the top position.
Almeida pushing down on Lochlan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Almeida working Lochlan over with strikes.
Almeida performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Almeida is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lochlan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida stops Lochlan from getting back to his feet.
Almeida is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lochlan!
Almeida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Almeida working the ground and pound effectively.
Almeida landing strikes, looking to finish!

Lochlan is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Lochlan is out cold - huge knockout for Almeida!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcus Almeida!
In defeat, Xavier Lochlan stepped up to the mic, saying 'A loss is a loss.'.