PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Bonano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Bonano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Almeida
vs
Bonano

197 cm
22
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 2 - 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Bonano!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bonano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.

Bonano gets a clinch.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Bonano has the dominant position.
Bonano misses with a knee to the head.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Bonano has the dominant position.
Bonano leaning his opponent against the cage.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Bonano keeps him there for the moment.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonano wants to stall.
Bonano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonano has double underhooks.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonano has Almeida pressed against the cage, preventing Almeida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Bonano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonano trying to stall but Almeida improves his position.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Bonano has the dominant position.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Bonano misses with a knee strike.
Bonano looks gassed!
Bonano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Almeida tries to break free but Bonano pushes him back against the cage.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Bonano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida letting Bonano take a breather here.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida tries to break free but Bonano pushes him back against the cage.
Bonano has Almeida pressed against the cage, preventing Almeida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonano is trying to stall.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida is trying to break free.
Bonano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almeida's efforts to push away.
Almeida wants to break free but Bonano has control.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bonano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almeida's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida can't break the clinch.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida wants to break free but Bonano has control.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonano has double underhooks.
Almeida can't break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bonano trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida tries to break free but Bonano pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bonano keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonano won't allow it.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Bonano looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Bonano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Almeida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Bonano keeps him there for the moment.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonano misses with a knee to the head.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonano has double underhooks.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Bonano has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Bonano keeps him there for the moment.
Almeida tries to circle away but Bonano has him pinned against the cage.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonano won't allow it.
Bonano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bonano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida tries to circle away but Bonano has him pinned against the cage.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonano won't allow it.
Bonano prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonano has double underhooks.
Bonano tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonano misses with a knee to the head.
Almeida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonano misses with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Bonano is controlling the position.
Bonano stalling in the clinch but Almeida improves position.
Almeida can't break the clinch.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonano has double underhooks.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonano won't allow it.
Bonano has Almeida pressed against the cage, preventing Almeida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Bonano dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Bonano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Bonano.
A combination from Almeida does no damage.
Bonano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almeida punishes Bonano's body with a nice straight punch.
Almeida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bonano circles away quickly and effectively.
Bonano is looking to clinch.
Almeida blocks a head kick by Bonano.
No joy there for Almeida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almeida looks to land a combination but Bonano avoids it well.
Almeida blocks a head kick by Bonano.
Bonano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rick Bonano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almeida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almeida swinging wilding here.
A head kick misses from Almeida.
Bonano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida lands a two punch combo.
Paulo Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bonano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bonano is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonano takes one to the chin there.
A punch lands to the side of Bonano 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Almeida drops Bonano with a beautiful combination! Bonano stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Almeida is looking for the KO!

Bonano is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Almeida has cracked Bonano with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Almeida lands another huge swinging hook and Bonano tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Bonano, before Almeida can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paulo Almeida!