PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Almeida (ranked 2504 p4p, 3179 weight class) and Diego Rios (ranked 323 p4p, 388 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Almeida
vs
Rios

185 cm
24
195
6 - 2 - 0

184 cm
24
195
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitor Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rios!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Almeida.
Almeida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Almeida swinging wildly here.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rios connects with a leg kick.
Rios gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rios misses with a right hand
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Rios uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almeida.
Rios misses with a lunging right hand
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Almeida drops his hands momentarily and Rios takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rios misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rios misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Almeida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rios.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios throws a left and a right that both miss
and Almeida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rios lands with a shot to the body.
Almeida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Almeida cracks Rios with a good jab.
Rios connects with a body shot that sends Almeida's belly button to the back.
Almeida swings for the body but Rios moves out of range.
No joy there for Almeida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almeida avoids the body shot from Rios.
Rios throws a jab but it's blocked by Almeida.
Almeida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Rios throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almeida.
Rios throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rios falls off balance throwing a combination
and Almeida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rios.
Rios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almeida misses the shot to the body.
Rios looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rios throws a lazy uppercut
and Almeida counters with a straight right hand.
Rios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Almeida checks a leg kick.
Rios misses with a combination
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Almeida punishes Rios's body with a nice straight punch.
Almeida throws a one two combo.

It looks like Diego Rios has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios throws an off balance right hand
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Almeida misses with a two punch combination.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Rios.
Almeida drops his hands momentarily and Rios takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rios throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Rios blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Almeida is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Almeida misses with an uppercut.
Rios lands with a good body shot.
Rios fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almeida manages to avoid it.
Rios looks to land a combination but Almeida avoids it well.
Rios misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Almeida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rios throws a leg kick
and Almeida counters with a straight right hand.
Almeida misses with a body punch
and Rios counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almeida. Rios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Almeida takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almeida thuds a left hand into Rios's body.
Almeida takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Rios scores with a four punch combination!
Almeida misses with a straight right.
Rios misses with a hook. Almeida ducked under it nicely.
Rios slips under a jab.
Rios throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Almeida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Rios's cut.
That's time! Almeida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rios misses with a body punch
and Almeida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rios misses the body punch
and Almeida counters with a head kick.
Almeida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Almeida will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rios chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Almeida can pounce on him.
Almeida slips a straight right by Rios.
Almeida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rios swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.
Vitor Almeida is winning the standup battle so far.
Rios cracks Almeida with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Almeida throws a jab but it's blocked by Rios.
A low kick from Rios is predictable there
and Almeida counters with a three punch combo that has Rios backing up. Rios nods at Almeida to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios avoids the body shot from Almeida.
Diego Rios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rios scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Almeida lunges at Rios with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rios's hand.
Rios has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rios on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Almeida lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Almeida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rios can do to turn this around?
Almeida connects with a solid leg kick.
Vitor Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Almeida fails to land with a series of punches.
Almeida scores with a decent looking hook.
Almeida throws a push kick but Rios slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida throws a big shot that misses.
Rios scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almeida loads up on a big right hand but Rios slips the punch.
Rios fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Almeida misses with a few strikes there.
Rios digs a good body shot into Almeida's ribs.
Rios tries to bum rush Almeida with a series of wild strikes but Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Almeida was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rios.
Almeida misses with the combination.
Rios connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rios rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Almeida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rios throws a right and a left that Almeida avoids nicely.
Rios comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A head kick from Almeida lands but Rios takes it in his stride.
Almeida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rios.
Rios swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.
Rios misses with a few strikes there.
Rios misses with a jab to the body
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Almeida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rios counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rios throws the left hand but Almeida avoids the punch easily.
Almeida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Almeida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rios on the side of the head.
Almeida misses with an uppercut
and Rios counters with a right hand to the body.
Rios tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Rios might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Almeida has got the better of the exchanges.
Almeida scores with a shot to the body.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses
and Rios counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Almeida thinking.
Rios tests Almeida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Almeida slips a jab from Rios.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Almeida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diego Rios'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. This is the final round!

Rios lands with a shot to the body.
Almeida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almeida looks to score with a jab to the body but Rios is just out of range.
Rios throws a lazy right hand but Almeida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rios.
Rios looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Almeida throws a right hand that Rios ducks under and follows up with a left that Rios also avoids with ease.
Almeida misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida with the inside leg kick.
Rios lands a right hook to the body.
Almeida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rios on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almeida.
Rios misses with a kick to the body
and Almeida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rios throws a shot to the body.
Almeida throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Almeida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rios is out of range.
Almeida misses with a hook
enabling Rios to counter with a crisp jab.
Rios throws a leg kick
and Almeida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Almeida throws a body kick that misses.
Rios throws a left and a right that both miss
and Almeida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rios misses with a wild body shot.
Almeida throws a combination. Rios tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios looks to score with a jab to the body but Almeida is just out of range.
Almeida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rios.
Rios's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab lands there for Rios.
Rios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Rios throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almeida counters with an inside leg kick.
Almeida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rios looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rios throws a body punch but Almeida moves out of range.
Rios lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rios throws a predictable looking body shot
and Almeida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rios has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rios lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Almeida misses the jab.
Almeida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almeida lands with an overhand left.
Almeida staying out of range there.
Almeida connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Rios misses.
Vitor Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by Almeida. That's going to slow Rios down.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida throws a solid leg kick but Rios takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Almeida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Almeida does it's job there.
Almeida swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Decent striking displayed by Rios there.
Almeida cracks a nice hook into Rios's ribs.
Almeida cracks Rios with a right hand to the side of the head.
Almeida misses with a low kick as Rios jumps back.
Rios fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rios scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rios with the inside leg kick.
Diego Rios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rios misses with an uppercut. Almeida saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vitor Almeida.
Well Almeida has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor Almeida!
Vitor Almeida decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.