PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Almeida
vs
Alves

182 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida is looking to land body kicks.
Almeida throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt - Almeida sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Alves there.
Paulo Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves checks the leg kick nicely there.
A punch combination from Almeida misses.
Almeida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Alves clinches up with Almeida and pushes him back against the cage.

Almeida breaks from the clinch.
Almeida drops Alves with a left right combo! Almeida follows him down to the ground into side control.

Alves is rocked!

It looks like Paulo Alves has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves is trying to improve his position.
Alves is still in real trouble! Can Almeida finish him?
Almeida knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
Alves sneaks back into half guard.
Alves seems to have recovered his senses.
Alves is trying to stand.
Almeida controlling the pace.
Alves moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Almeida can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Alves has his foot on Almeida's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Almeida works his way back into a safe position though.
Alves looks gassed!

Alves has his foot on Almeida's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Almeida works his way back into a safe position though.
Alves being controlled here, momentarily.
Almeida would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Alves can do anything to dispel that myth.
Almeida throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
Almeida wanted to stand there but Alves had control of the position.
Almeida trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.

Almeida avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Alves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Almeida has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Almeida has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida manages to break the clinch.
Paulo Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almeida throws a right and a left that Alves avoids nicely.
Almeida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Alves with that takedown attempt.
Almeida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Almeida throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Almeida misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Alves or perhaps it was just good defense by Almeida which made him look bad.
Paulo Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Alves.
Almeida misses with a wild combination.
Almeida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A combination from Almeida does no damage.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almeida tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Almeida misses with the combination.

Alves clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stalling in the clinch from Almeida.

Almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Almeida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulo Alves's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Alves throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.
Alves throws a good cross that connects.
Almeida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alves counters with a one-two to the body.
Almeida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Almeida fights it but they end up in guard.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Almeida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almeida is trying to keep Alves in close.
Alves slips nicely into half guard.

Alves wants to work for an arm triangle but Almeida is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Alves is looking to advance position but Almeida won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Almeida defends it well.
Almeida is looking to improve his position.
Alves has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Alves is going olschool here, as he tries to force Almeida to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Almeida shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Almeida keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Alves stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Almeida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alves.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a combination that misses

and Alves counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Almeida wants to control but Alves is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves prevents Almeida from improving his position.

Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Alves is looking for a kimura here.
Alves prevents Almeida from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Alves is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Almeida has managed to free his arm - good work.
Almeida trying to control but Alves postures up.
Alves prevents Almeida from improving his position.

Alves maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Almeida could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Alves has cracked it and Almeida is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Alves!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paulo Alves!